Extension of dummynet/ipfw to support userspace packet classification

2009-10-07 Thread Joe R
We at ironport have a requirement to do bandwidth management, but the traffic classification (and selection of bandwidth pipes) is done in userspace. The reason classification is done in userspace is because the traffic classifications are something like streaming audio traffic, video traffic, base

Re: Extension of dummynet/ipfw to support userspace packet classification

2009-10-07 Thread Guy Helmer
Joe R wrote: We at ironport have a requirement to do bandwidth management, but the traffic classification (and selection of bandwidth pipes) is done in userspace. The reason classification is done in userspace is because the traffic classifications are something like streaming audio traffic, vide

Re: Extension of dummynet/ipfw to support userspace packet classification

2009-10-07 Thread Julian Elischer
Guy Helmer wrote: Joe R wrote: We at ironport have a requirement to do bandwidth management, but the traffic classification (and selection of bandwidth pipes) is done in userspace. The reason classification is done in userspace is because the traffic classifications are something like streaming

Re: Extension of dummynet/ipfw to support userspace packet classification

2009-10-07 Thread Luigi Rizzo
On Wed, Oct 07, 2009 at 12:46:24PM -0700, Joe R wrote: > We at ironport have a requirement to do bandwidth management, but the > traffic classification (and selection of bandwidth pipes) is done in > userspace. The reason classification is done in userspace is because the > traffic classifications

Re: Extension of dummynet/ipfw to support userspace packet classification

2009-10-07 Thread Luigi Rizzo
On Thu, Oct 08, 2009 at 12:54:52AM +0200, Luigi Rizzo wrote: > On Wed, Oct 07, 2009 at 12:46:24PM -0700, Joe R wrote: > > We at ironport have a requirement to do bandwidth management, but the > > traffic classification (and selection of bandwidth pipes) is done in > > userspace. The reason classifi

Re: ipfw: install_state: entry already present, done

2009-10-07 Thread Jason Lewis
Did you try a check_state? I am using this same rule structure on BSD6 without a problem. Thanks, Jason http://jasonlewis.yaritz.net > Freddie Cash wrote: >> On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 2:28 PM, Chris St Denis wrote: >> >> >>> Haven't gotten any response on -questions so trying here. I've also >>> o