From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: bert hubert ahu@ds9a.nl Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2000 12:46:10 +0000 Subject: [LARTC] How to mark and queue Message-Id: List-Id: References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: lartc@vger.kernel.org 
On Thu, Oct 19, 2000 at 01:42:29PM +0200, Josip Gracin wrote:

> > Try to make a u32 match on a part of the header that changes a lot. I
> 
> But than I would not be able to control the randomness of drops.  I need a
> drop policy based on various stochastic functions.

You could also use RED or GRED with strange configuration values. RED also
does random dropping of packets, but normally only when routing a lot of
traffic. You might be able to get it to drop in ways that please you.

> > Try asking the netfilter mailinglist.
> 
> Oops, I thought this was a perfect list to ask the question.  Sorry, I'll
> ask there.

For what you want, netfilter is suited best. 

Regards,

bert hubert

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