Practical Linux Security Cookbook - Second Edition

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Using Iptraf is very simple. Once installed, it can be launched from the terminal just by running a simple command. Let's explore how the tool works:

1. To start Iptraf, just type the following command in the Terminal:

Iptraf    

2. This will launch an ASCII-based menu interface. Press any key to continue.

3. In the next screen, we will get a menu system with different options to choose from, as follows:

4. We will choose the first option, IP traffic monitor, and press Enter. This will ask us to select the interface on which we want to listen for the traffic:

We will choose eth0 in the preceding list and press Enter.

5. IPTraf will ...