From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Nov 7 14:39:08 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id OAA21809 for hackers-outgoing; Thu, 7 Nov 1996 14:39:08 -0800 (PST) Received: from who.cdrom.com (who.cdrom.com [204.216.27.3]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id OAA21797 for ; Thu, 7 Nov 1996 14:39:04 -0800 (PST) Received: from pdx1.world.net (pdx1.world.net [192.243.32.18]) by who.cdrom.com (8.7.5/8.6.11) with ESMTP id LAA17853 for ; Thu, 7 Nov 1996 11:09:52 -0800 (PST) Received: from suburbia.net (suburbia.net [203.4.184.1]) by pdx1.world.net (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id LAA01331; Thu, 7 Nov 1996 11:09:50 -0800 (PST) Received: (proff@localhost) by suburbia.net (8.7.4/Proff-950810) id GAA27414; Fri, 8 Nov 1996 06:09:42 +1100 From: Julian Assange Message-Id: <199611071909.GAA27414@suburbia.net> Subject: Re: limiting bandwidth on a port via forwarding To: julian@whistle.com (Julian Elischer) Date: Fri, 8 Nov 1996 06:09:42 +1100 (EST) Cc: hackers@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <32822FEA.2781E494@whistle.com> from "Julian Elischer" at Nov 7, 96 10:52:26 am X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > Julian Assange wrote: > > > I'm more interested in the forwarding situation. Dynamic modification of the > > tcp window size according to ipfw rules and the current amount of backed up > > data seems like something that wouldn't be hard to impliment. Darren? > > As archie said... > the divert code in ipfw would make this very doable.. > And very expensive for a box acting as a gateway/router... -- "Of all tyrannies a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies, The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for own good will torment us without end, for they do so with the approval of their own conscience." - C.S. Lewis, _God in the Dock_ +---------------------+--------------------+----------------------------------+ |Julian Assange RSO | PO Box 2031 BARKER | Secret Analytic Guy Union | |proff@suburbia.net | VIC 3122 AUSTRALIA | finger for PGP key hash ID = | |proff@gnu.ai.mit.edu | FAX +61-3-98199066 | C7F81C2AA32D7D4E4D360A2ED2098E0D | +---------------------+--------------------+----------------------------------+