flow-mask(1)

NAME

flow-mask -- Apply tags to flow files.

SYNOPSIS

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

DESCRIPTION

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

OPTIONS

-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 /etc/flowtools/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

EXAMPLES

#
#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

FILES

Configuration files:
Mask - /etc/flow-tools/cfg/mask.cfg.

BUGS

None known.

AUTHOR

Mark Fullmer maf@splintered.net

SEE ALSO

flow-tools(1)
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