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NAME

       shaperd - traffic shaper for tcp-ip networks

SYNOPSIS

       shaperd [-h] [-v] [-c file ]

DESCRIPTION

       shaperd is a user-mode program that can shape traffic passing through a linux box. As it runs as a normal daemon process, packet forwarding
       to/from the kernel can be done by the BSD divert sockets layer (available as a patch for the linux kernel) or by the ipq packet	forwarding
       library that comes with kernel 2.4.

       The  configuration  is  made  via  a  single text file, you can force a reload by sending a SIGHUP. Logs are routed via syslog, with prior-
       ity=info, facility=daemon.

       Please note that, for the moment, you must instruct the kernel which packets to forward to shaperd.  This can be done,  for  example,  with
       the  ipchains(8)  utility under Linux 2.2, or with iptables(8) under Linux 2.4. Also, note that if a packet does not match any of the rules
       in the configuration file, it will be ignored by shaperd (but it will be logged if the log level is high enough).

OPTIONS

       -c config-file
	      Tells the daemon to get its configuration from this config-file

       -h     Summarizes command line options

       -v     Prints version information

SEE ALSO

       ipchains(8);  iptables(8);  libipq(3);  Linux's	divert	sockets  site,	http://www.anr.mcnc.org/~divert/index.shtml  ;	Netfilter's  site,
       http://netfilter.samba.org. Linux Advanced Routing & Traffic Control, http://ds9a.nl/lartc.

BUGS

       do i kill them? become their friend?
       do i eat them? raw or well done
       do i trick them? i ... i don't think they're that dumb
       do i join them? looks like that's the one
       i got bugs on my skin tickle my nausea
       i let it happen again they're always taking over
       i see they surround me i see ... see them deciding my fate
       oh that which was once was once up to me ... now it's too late
       i got bugs in my room one on one
       that's when i had a chance
       i'll just stop now i'll become naked, and with them i'll become one

AUTHOR

       Leandro Santi <lsanti@fi.uba.ar>

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