msys.audit.receptions

msys.audit.receptions — Return the number of receptions that have occurred for a CIDR block within a configured time window

msys.audit.receptions(monitor, options);

Returns the number of receptions that have occurred for a CIDR block within a configured time window. monitor corresponds to one of the monitors defined in the inbound_audit module. If the named module is not configured, an error is raised. options is a table that can contain the following keys:

• startv the starting window (default 0) to query across.

• endv the ending window (default 0) to query across.

• cidr an IP/mask specifying the address of interest. If not specified, the current connected IP is assumed.

• cluster use the cluster wide metrics, rather than the local node metrics. If options is not a table, it is interpreted as though it was the cidr value of interest.

When specifying a window range, the aggregate sum over the specified range will be returned instead of the value from the current time window.

As of version 3.4, this feature supports IPv6.

IPv6 addresses are much more flexible than IPv4 addresses in terms of their formatting options. They also use a different delimiter character than IPv4 addresses (a colon instead of a period). This means that in certain contexts, an IPv6 address can create parsing ambiguities.

The accepted convention is to require that, in circumstances where a configuration parameter can also contain something other than an IP address, that an IPv6 address must be enclosed in square brackets. In practical terms, this means that things like the gateway, routes and listen options must have IPv6 addresses enclosed in brackets. Others, such as peer, relay_hosts and prohibited_hosts do not require the IPv6 address in brackets.

Enable this function with the statement require('msys.audit');.

“inbound_audit – Inbound traffic analytics”, “cidrdb – CIDRDB”, msys.audit.connections, msys.audit.rejections