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Date:      Tue, 13 Jul 2010 17:13:03 -0700
From:      David Brodbeck <gull@gull.us>
To:        FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Shaping torrent traffic?
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On Jul 13, 2010, at 4:59 PM, Modulok wrote:

> How do I catch torrent traffic with a pf.conf rule? It doesn't operate
> on any standard port numbers.

If you have control of the client, most bittorrent clients offer  
throttling capability.

I've also had pretty good luck approaching it as a negative question  
-- in other words, creating rules for all the other "important"  
traffic I expect, then shaping everything that's left over.




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