Is there an API for ipfw?

[Takashi Okumura]

hi,

although it is still in alpha quality, we have a library, named
libnetnice, which i think is the best match for your purpose.

	http://www.netnice.org
	http://sourceforge.net/projects/netnice

if interested, please let me know. or, you may join our libnetnice ML.

	http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_id=46821

thanks,

-- taka

Mikhail Teterin wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> I'm writing an application that, needs to be able to quickly alter the 
> bandwidth between another machine and the host.
> 
> The only way I can do that -- without another machine's cooperation -- is by 
> using the firewall, such as the dummynet functionality of ipfw.
> 
> Is there any way to create/alter such a pipe from a C-program without using 
> system("ipfw ....")?
> 
> If not ipfw, perhaps, other firewall modules in FreeBSD-6.x?
> 
> Thanks a lot!
> 
> 	-mi
>