This, of course, brings up a question I've been thinking about. Is there a patch that will allow iptables to read into the header for the presentation layer to filter out, for example, MP3s being downloaded? Thanks. >From: "hare ram" <hareram@sol.net.in> >Reply-To: "hare ram" <hareram@sol.net.in> >To: "Antony Stone" ><Antony@Soft-Solutions.co.uk>,<netfilter@lists.netfilter.org> >Subject: Re: how to drop MP3 and other Downloads >Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2002 19:35:14 +0530 > >hi some one guided in the news group > >---- >That of course was not the connbytes patch. You can find it at >http://luxik.cdi.cz/~devik/connbytes/. > >You may need some sort of crontab to change the rules as you go. You can >also use connbytes with the --mark to move all long lived downloads to a >lower tc class if your doing traffic shaping. >------ > > >what you think about this > >thanks >hare >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Antony Stone" <Antony@Soft-Solutions.co.uk> >To: <netfilter@lists.netfilter.org> >Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2002 6:13 PM >Subject: Re: how to drop MP3 and other Downloads > > > > On Tuesday 12 November 2002 12:13 pm, hare ram wrote: > > > > > Hi all > > > > > > i have small application here like > > > how do the drop all downloads more than 1MB from > > > the day time > > > and rest of the time open for all > > > > I don't see that netfilter can know a download is going to be more than > > 1Mbyte before it's already seen a million bytes downloaded... > > > > Antony. > > > > -- > > > > There are two possible outcomes. > > > > If the result confirms the hypothesis, then you've made a measurement. > > If the result is contrary to the hypothesis, then you've made a >discovery. > > > > - Enrico Fermi > > > > _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8 helps eliminate e-mail viruses. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus