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PFSTATD(8)		    System Manager's Manual		    PFSTATD(8)

NAME
       pfstatd -- small	daemon providing pf statistics over network

SYNOPSIS
       pfstatd [-d] [-a	address] [-p port] [-u user]

DESCRIPTION
       The  pfstatd  daemon  queries  statistics from the packet filter	device
       pf(4) and returns them in text form to network  clients	(like  pfstat)
       connecting through TCP.

       The options are as follows:

       -d	   Do  not  detach  from  terminal, but	stay in	foreground and
		   print debug messages	to stdout.

       -a address  Accept TCP connections on the specified address only.   De-
		   fault is to accept connections on any address.

       -p port	   Listen  for	TCP connection on the specified	port.  Default
		   is port 9999.

       -u user	   When	started	as root,  drop	privileges  to	the  specified
		   user,  after	 opening the device special file /dev/pf.  De-
		   fault is `nobody'.

SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS
       Clients are not authenticated and output	is not encrypted.  The	daemon
       does not	read input from	clients	and immediately	closes connections af-
       ter  writing  its output.  The daemon requires read (but	not write) ac-
       cess to the device special file /dev/pf.	 The client supports only  one
       concurrent  TCP connection, and accepts no more than one	connection per
       second.

SEE ALSO
       pf(4), pfstat(8)

FreeBSD	14.3			 May 11, 2006			    PFSTATD(8)

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