On 28 May 2010 02:17, LeviaComm Networks NOC <n...@leviacomm.net> wrote: >> One thing that I would like to continue to do is filter packets based >> on type, namely P2P type packets. I want to give them a low priority >> in the QoS. On Linux, I use Layer7 rules, is there something similar, >> or the same for OpenBSD? Also, is it possible to block those packets >> between certain times and at other times, just reduce the priority? > > Layer 7? I am assuming you mean Layer 5, where protocols like P2P and such > live,
That's just semantics, above layer 4 it's all "application", we all know the OSI model is broken. Parsing application protocol is often referred as layer 7 filtering and not as layer 5 filtering.
