Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2007 09:01:30 -0400 From: Chris Marlatt <cmarlatt@rxsec.com> To: freebsd-pf@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Using PF + ALTQ in FreeBSD 6.2 Message-ID: <46C0562A.8060201@rxsec.com> In-Reply-To: <20070813043049.GA32692@verio.net> References: <46BFD392.2020804@spin.net.id> <20070813043049.GA32692@verio.net>
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David DeSimone wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > I'm curious what you think your router can do to prevent hosts on the > internet from sending traffic too fast. > > Once you have received the packets, it is too late to limit their > arrival rate. > Can't ipfw do this through dummynet? It seems to work fine for me in my tests. Now yes it's not really preventing them from sending traffic, but it should still be able to queue it and invoke latency to simulate a slower link/pipe. Regards, Chris
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