Billing and Accounting

Argus data is very well suited to supporting network billing and accounting applications.  The Argus Project is focused on network audit generation, but many of the tools that are provided in the basic release can be used to establish a source of IP network billing and accounting data.

Argus data is unique in that the IP transaction audit clearly indicates the initiator of network transactions, the connectivity status of the network activity that is monitored and information regarding the quality of the transaction.  This information should help to support a diverse set of billing strategies, including familiar schemes, such as that used in the PSTN.

Of particular interest is the XML data support provided by raxml(1).