Chapter 15. Cookbook

Table of Contents

15.1. Running multiple sites with different SLAs

15.2. Protecting your host from SYN floods

15.3. Rate limit ICMP to prevent dDoS

15.4. Prioritizing interactive traffic

15.5. Transparent web-caching using netfilter , iproute2 , ipchains and squid

15.6. Circumventing Path MTU Discovery issues with per route MTU settings

15.7. Circumventing Path MTU Discovery issues with MSS Clamping (for ADSL, cable, PPPoE & PPtP users)

15.8. The Ultimate Traffic Conditioner: Low Latency, Fast Up & Downloads

15.8.1. Why it doesn't work well by default

15.8.2. The actual script (CBQ)

15.8.3. The actual script (HTB)

15.9. Rate limiting a single host or netmask

This section contains 'cookbook' entries which may help you solve problems. A cookbook is no replacement for understanding however, so try and comprehend what is going on.