shaperd(8) System Manager's Manual shaperd(8)
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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