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From: Andreas Mueller <andreas@stapelspeicher.org>
Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2007 04:06:31 +0000
Subject: Re: [LARTC] Distro ready out of the box
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Hi,

nic-lartc@studentergaarden.dk wrote:
> Debian 4.0 has all I need including iptables and tc, but _not_ L7 filter or 
> ipp2p :-(
>
> You should look into Zeroshell, which has L7 (haven't tried it)
> http://linuxdevices.com/news/NS9446520379.html
> http://www.zeroshell.net/eng
>
> Shorewall appears to have ipp2p (but apparently not L7?)
>
> and it looks like there are add ons to IPCop.
>
> It is sad it is not easier... I looked into L7 etc. and ended up deciding 
> that is is such an imperfect way of classifying data that it is better (for 
> me at least) to instead choose a different policy - prioritize ssh, VOIP 
> and web by port and then prevent each host from hogging more than their 
> fair share of the total bandwidth.
>
> But e.g. DD-WRT (embedded distro for wireless routers like the WRT54GL) 
> seems to do a quite good job of it (with L7).
By the way, OpenWRT also offers an x86 version (Kamikaze) which might suit you.

>
> sincerely,
> Nicolas

Sincerely,
 Andreas
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