Re: [TCLUG:14628] RE: Napster

[Scott Dier - dieman <dieman@ringworld.org>]

On Tue, 14 Mar 2000, Troy Johnson wrote:

> I think that because traffic shaping is so cool and popular, it will
> become an easier thing to accomplish over time (more people want it ->

cool + popular != feasable.

Find me the router the size of texas that can handle connection tracking
and throttle just napster incoming traffic (because of how the proto
works) and Ill be happy to say cool.

But it doesn't exist right now.

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