This
function helps define accounting metrics and specifies accounting information
to be collected, such as resource usage by user/organization, or frequency of
access to specific sites. It also supports the setting and modifications of
accounting limits. It provides the “toll booth” measurements on traffic to make
them available to a billing entity. It controls the storage of and the access
to accounting information. Lastly, it generates accounting/billing reports
regarding application/system/network resource usage.
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