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Chapter 24
LFAP
Configuration
Guide
Overview
The Lightweight Flow Accounting Protocol (LFAP) agent, defined in RFC 2124, is a TCP-
oriented protocol used to push accounting information collected on the SSR to a Flow
Accounting Server (FAS). The LFAP agent uses ACLs to determine the IP traffic on which
accounting information will be collected.
Traffic accounting in the network can help with the following:
• Capacity planning
• Application usage tracking
• Cost apportioning by user or department
• Server and resource usage
Traffic accounting is not intended for troubleshooting immediate network problems,
enforcing company policies, or replacing the accounts payable system.