On Tuesday 12 September 2006 20:49, Odhiambo Washington wrote: > Hello Security guy ;) > > I have tried very hard to understand ipfw just for the purpose of > bandwidth throttling for smtp service. > > Basically, I want to throttle the bandwidth used by my SMTP > server outbound to _anyone_ else except my ip blocks. > > My Server is 1.2.3.4 and my ip blocks are a.b.c.d/19 and > e.f.g.h/20 > > > Are the following rules sane enough? > > ipfw pipe 1 config bw 256Kbit/s > ipfw add pipe 1 tcp from 1.2.3.4 to not a.b.c.d/19 25 > ipfw add pipe 1 tcp from 1.2.3.4 to not e.f.g.h/20 25
This queues all outgoing smtp to the pipe. You also need to set net.inet.ip.fw.one_pass=1 to avoid the packets re-entering the rules on the next line. Setting that means that the packets cannot pass through dynamic rules. It is possible to use dynamic rules with dummynet, but it's a pain. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"