netfilter vs trickle - Userland Bandwidth Shaper
A side-by-side look at netfilter and trickle - Userland Bandwidth Shaper. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.
netfilter
Network & Admin
Netfilter is an open-source framework in the Linux kernel that allows network packet filtering, network address translation, and other packet mangling. It is a critical part of Linux's networking stack.
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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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