flow-mask [-hk] [-b big|little] [-C comment] [-d debug_level] [-m mask_fname] [-M active_def ...]

The flow-mask utility is used to modify the source and destination mask length's in flow records.

-b big|little

Byte order of output.

-C Comment

Add a comment.

-d debug_level

Enable debugging.

-h

Display help.

-k

Keep time from input.

-m mask_fname

Load masks from mask_name. Defaults to /var/ft/cfg/mask

-M mask_def

Use active_def as the active tag definition(s).

The configuration file is a collection of definitions. A definition lists a sequence of prefixes and the mask length to replace the matching prefix with. Lines begining with # are treated as comments and ignored.

mask-definition command             Description
----------------------------------------------------------------------
mask-definition                     Begin mask-definition section
                                    mask-definition foo

prefix                              List the prefix to match on and the
                                    replacement mask.
                                    prefix 128.146/16 24

#
#file: masks
#
mask-definition foo
# All networks in 128.146/16 are /24's.
 prefix 128.146/16 24
# except for 128.146.214/24, which are /32's.
 prefix 128.146.214/24 32

flow-cat flows | flow-mask -mfoo -Fmasks | flow-print -f4

Configuration files: Mask - /var/ft/cfg/mask.cfg.

None known.

Mark Fullmer maf@splintered.net

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