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@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ ipmon \- monitors /dev/ipl for logged packets
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B ipmon
[
-.B \-abDFhnpstvxX
+.B \-abBDFhnpstvxX
] [
.B "\-N <device>"
] [
@@ -72,6 +72,9 @@ unreachable message.
In order for \fBipmon\fP to properly work, the kernel option
\fBIPFILTER_LOG\fP must be turned on in your kernel. Please see
\fBoptions(4)\fP for more details.
+.LP
+\fBipmon\fP reopns its log file(s) and rereads its configuration file
+when it receives a SIGHUP signal.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.B \-a
@@ -82,6 +85,11 @@ are displayed to the same output 'device' (stderr or syslog).
For rules which log the body of a packet, generate hex output representing
the packet contents after the headers.
.TP
+.B \-B <binarylogfilename>
+Enable logging of the raw, unformatted binary data to the specified
+\fI<binarylogfilename>\fP file. This can be read, later, using \fBipmon\fP
+with the \fB-f\fP option.
+.TP
.B \-D
Cause ipmon to turn itself into a daemon. Using subshells or backgrounding
of ipmon is not required to turn it into an orphan so it can run indefinitely.
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