[Bug 820895] Re: no way to log network connections and traffic of applications (processes)

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** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu)
       Status: Incomplete => Confirmed

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Title:
  no way to log network connections and traffic of applications
  (processes)

Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in “rsyslog” package in Ubuntu:
  Won't Fix

Bug description:
  The kernel / netfilter is lacking the the ability to identify the
  local origin of network conection. (see comments)

  This lack was first reported against loging facilities, but tracked
  down to kernel disability.

  
  Please foreward / reassign to handle this as appropriate.

  
  original post:
  ---
  The gnome "Log File Viewer" does not log the Process Name (or Application Name) that generated the log item. For example, if an outbound internet connection is blocked and this event is logged, only the "ID" (i.e., PID) is shown in the report. But the PID is useless because it is ephemeral and does not live past the session. Users are left with no way to learn what Application or Process was responsible for generating the log item.

  The "Process Name" should be listed in log items instead of the PID.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
  Package: gnome-utils 2.30.0-0ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-33.71-generic 2.6.32.41+drm33.18
  Uname: Linux 2.6.32-33-generic i686
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Thu Aug  4 08:05:47 2011
  ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-system-log
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100816.1)
  ProcEnviron:
   LC_TIME=en_GB.UTF-8
   LANG=en_US.utf8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: gnome-utils
  XsessionErrors: (polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1:1444): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_once_init_leave: assertion `initialization_value != 0' failed

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