Re: traffic statistics by network connection

[Thomas Haller <thaller redhat com>]

On Fri, 2021-07-23 at 11:59 -0400, David H Durgee wrote:
>  Looking at the documentation for ip xfrm it appears that I should be
> able to issue commands:
>  
>  ip xfrm policy list
>  ip xfrm state list
>  
>  When I attempt to use them from my login I get an "operation not
> permitted" error, so I assume I must use sudo for them to work. 
> Before
> I do so can someone confirm for me that these particular commands are
> safe to use and will not impact system operation?

yes, these commands would only query the current configuration and not
change it. They are thus safe... at least, to the best of my knowledge.


best,
Thomas