Search for utility to identify source of WWW traffic

[Gene Heskett]

On Saturday 31 March 2018 11:08:18 Bret Busby wrote:

> Hello.
>
> I currently have two web browsers open (not firefox), and their
> download managers show no downloads occurring.
>
> But, something has beeen downloading data at around 200-300kBps, for
> over an hour.
>
> Is a utility available, that can identify what application(s) is/are
> downloading data, and, what URL's are being accessed for the downloads
> being performed?
>
> Thank you in anticipation.
Thats something I would use htop to look for, it will be close to the top 
of the list shown. Launch it as root and you can kill any process in the 
system, some of which will reboot you with zero warnings.
> --
> Bret Busby
> Armadale
> West Australia
> ..............
>
> "So once you do know what the question actually is,
>  you'll know what the answer means."
> - Deep Thought,
>  Chapter 28 of Book 1 of
>  "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy:
>  A Trilogy In Four Parts",
>  written by Douglas Adams,
>  published by Pan Books, 1992
>
> ....................................................



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