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L7 Filter vs trickle - Userland Bandwidth Shaper

A side-by-side look at L7 Filter and trickle - Userland Bandwidth Shaper. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

L7 Filter

L7 Filter

Security & Privacy

L7 Filter is an open-source web application firewall that protects web servers from attacks. It analyzes network traffic at OSI layer 7 to block SQL injections, cross-site scripting, and other web attacks.

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trickle - Userland Bandwidth Shaper

trickle - Userland Bandwidth Shaper

Network & Admin

Trickle is a userspace bandwidth shaper for Linux. It allows limiting the bandwidth used by a process, group of processes, or network interface. It's useful for rate-limiting backups, downloads, etc to prevent using all available bandwidth.

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