Preston Kutzner wrote:> As a result of my inquiry into whether or not HTB needed to be built
> into Trustix''s kernel, someone responded and mentioned a new qdisc
> called L7, that can examine and filter packets based on OSI Layer 7
> information. So, in theory you would be able to filter on data type,
> not just on port number. This could prove useful to filter out things
> like Gnutella traffic, or e-donkey, etc. Has anyone tried this patch yet?
>
> http://l7-filter.sf.net/
No not yet, but you might be interested in something similar:
http://www.shorewall.net/IPP2P.html
Cheers,
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- Pieter
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