<s>
IPTraf	B-Application
is	O
a	O
software	B-Application
-	O
based	O
console	B-Operating_System
that	O
provides	O
network	B-Architecture
statistics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
works	O
by	O
collecting	O
information	O
from	O
TCP	B-Protocol
connections	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
statistics	O
and	O
activity	O
interfaces	O
and	O
drops	O
TCP	B-Protocol
and	O
UDP	B-Protocol
traffic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
available	O
in	O
Linux	B-Application
operating	I-Application
systems	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
a	O
menu	O
of	O
options	O
to	O
full	O
screen	O
,	O
IPTraf	B-Application
has	O
the	O
following	O
characteristics	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
IP	B-Protocol
traffic	O
monitor	O
displays	O
information	O
about	O
network	B-Architecture
traffic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LAN	B-General_Concept
statistics	O
module	O
that	O
discovers	O
s	O
host	O
displays	O
data	O
about	O
their	O
activity	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Monitor	O
TCP	B-Protocol
,	O
UDP	B-Protocol
account	O
showing	O
the	O
network	B-Architecture
packets	O
for	O
port	O
connections	O
of	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Use	O
the	O
"	O
raw	O
socket	O
interface	O
"	O
that	O
takes	O
kernel	B-Operating_System
allowing	O
it	O
to	O
be	O
used	O
by	O
a	O
wide	O
range	O
of	O
"	O
network	B-Architecture
cards	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IPTraf	B-Application
supports	O
a	O
wide	O
range	O
of	O
network	B-Architecture
interfaces	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
Ethernet	O
interfaces	O
supported	O
by	O
Linux	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
FDDI	O
interfaces	O
supported	O
by	O
Linux	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Parallel	O
Line	O
IP	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
maximum	O
number	O
of	O
entries	O
is	O
limited	O
only	O
by	O
available	O
memory	B-Architecture
.	I-Architecture
</s>
<s>
Because	O
of	O
the	O
speed	O
with	O
which	O
tends	O
to	O
increase	O
the	O
traffic	O
monitor	O
IPs	O
,	O
it	O
use	O
a	O
hash	B-Algorithm
table	I-Algorithm
to	O
perform	O
searches	O
more	O
efficiently	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
(	O
Search	O
operations	O
are	O
carried	O
out	O
whenever	O
the	O
program	O
needs	O
to	O
check	O
if	O
it	O
is	O
already	O
listed	O
the	O
Ethernet	O
or	O
IP	B-Protocol
address	O
or	O
protocol	O
or	O
network	B-Architecture
port	O
.	O
</s>
