Subject: Re: ipfw: FreeBSD -> NetBSD port [WAS: RE: dummynet: FreeBSD
To: None <tgen@netphreax.net>
From: Kevin Lahey <kml@patheticgeek.net>
List: tech-net
Date: 02/27/2006 08:39:08
On Mon, 27 Feb 2006 16:15:40 +0000
"Thomas E. Spanjaard" <tgen@netphreax.net> wrote:
> Nicolas Saurbier wrote:
> >>On Mon, 27 Feb 2006 12:03:36 +0000, Rui Paulo wrote:
> >>>Isn't dummynet very integrated with ipfw ? If so, I suspect one must
> >>>port ipfw first :-) (flame away!)
> > Agree on that! So let's change "Subject:" ;-)
>
> If I were you I wouldn't waste any effort in porting ipfw and dummynet,
> as they have been replaced long ago by better alternatives (pf and
> openbsd's altq, imo). Ipfw and dummynet are so-called 'Luigicode', after
> the principal author of both. Look at the sources to get what I mean.
Does altq/pf support packet drop rates and all the rest as well?
Kevin
kml@patheticgeek.net