screenstat(8) System Manager's Manual screenstat(8)
Name
screenstat - show gateway screening statistics
Syntax
/usr/etc/screenstat
Description
The command displays statistics about kernel gateway screening. The display is sent to the standard output.
The format of the report is as follows:
total packets screened: 16754
total accepted: 15149
total rejected: 12
packets dropped:
because buffer was full: 0
because user was out of sync: 0
because too old: 1592
total dropped: 1592
The count shows how many packets have been received for forwarding. The and counts show how many packets were forwarded or dropped based
on instructions from a user-level process. The count shows how many packets were dropped for other reasons: lack of space in the kernel
buffer, errors by a user process, or packets that were queued for too long. If the counts do not add up, some packets are currently queued
in the kernel.
See Also
screen(2), screend(8), screenmode(8)
screenstat(8)