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Application Layer Packet Shaping on Linux
sommere writes "We have added application layer (layer-7) filtering to Linux. That means that you can set up your linux-router/linux-switch to prioritize mail over the web over kazaa or gnutella regardless of what port each program is using. Colleges have been paying thousands of dollars for packet shapers to prioritize their networks, now you can do it for free. Get your kernel patch at l7-filter.sourceforge.net."
Hmm.. packet shaping.. can't wait to merge this in with the rest of my kernel and give it a whirl.. although, I do have to admit that some of the packets I've been getting are pretty nicely shaped.. there's the Ana packets, and the Kim packets.. but if this patch can help shape some of those no-so-well-shaped ones, I'm all for it!
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you can set up your linux-router/linux-switch to prioritize mail over the web over kazaa or gnutella
I vote for more kazaa than mail. Unless someone sends me movies by mail.
"A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of" - Ogden Nash
It is obvious to anyone that you could not possibly have developed such an advanced feature for the Linux kernel on your own or with the help of the community. This feature has obviously been lifted verbatim form the proprietary Unix code owned by SCO. I expect you to pay our standard SCOSource licensing fee of $150US per processor running this code, IMMEDIATELY. Failure to pay for this license within the hour is a violation of SCO's Intellectual Property rights and WE WILL SUE YOUR ASS OFF!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Darl "Sue em" McBride
For us practicing for our MCSE... packets are at prayer 3, data comes only at prayer 7.
if you use a good enough junk-filter, slashdot.org will display a single, *blank*, page
Actually they code causes your hdd heads to modulate at such an exact frequency that the electomagnetic resonance opens up a worm-hole in the space-time continuum.
This portal is used to summon thousand of magic gnomes that sit in the spaces between time on your ethernet interface where they use their prescient abilities to determine who is trying to download pr0n so they know exactly when to reach out and "snatch" your packets. Depending on your configuration each gnome will hold the packets in stasis for a predetrmined amount of time, thus limiting your bandwidth.
duh!
the above is my personal opinion and does not necessarily reflect that of the little voices in my head
own the OSI model? =-).
Wow, you have to practice?
What's your brother's Kazaa username?
It was just a few months ago that i needed a solution like this but had to bite the bullet for one of those $15,000 packetShaper routers. This is great and it sucks at the same time ;(
While your post is not quite plaintext, its encryption is not very good. I was able to quickly determine that "your" = you're, and "wont" = won't. Next time try a more complex scheme.
Jeff, is that you? Please don't tell Mom this is why our shared connection is so slow, OK?
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What the hell does a router need with a 3 disk raid 0? *maybe* raid 5, but even that is useless. Just put in a $30 IDE flash disk, keep one spare with a live system.
Are you sure its your brother that's the trashy porn collector? ;)
Don't tell my boss; he might make me put this on the router so his EverQuest sessions don't start lagging when some secretary starts doing useful work online...
On a Cisco, "user friendly" means having a backspace key.
-fb Everything not expressly forbidden is now mandatory.
It doesn't even see the code anymore, just - redhead - blonde...
Any technology distinguishable from magic, is insufficiently advanced.
You complain about the current bandwidth usage of your brothers pr0n collection, but when asked, you provide his KaZaA username on slashdot. That's like putting a gun to your head, pull the trigger and blame the bullet for harming you.
Kjella
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