From: "Robert Comer" 

Bandwidth prioritizer.  No idea why they call it a shaper.

- Bob Comer


"Ellen K."  wrote in message
news:0cvf3vs1omp461ctbp3g8eot1jfo3tq88d{at}4ax.com...
> What is a "packet shaper"?
>
> On Tue, 28 Jan 2003 20:52:45 -0500, "Geo."
 wrote in
> message :
>
> >I believe they were all complete packets, packets can be any size.
However
> >these packets had funny flag settings that may have exposed a problem in
the
> >packetshaper. I won't know for sure until I get hold of the packetshaper
> >folks and ask them.
> >
> >Geo.
> >
> >"Ellen K."  wrote in message
> >news:oubc3v43483562njibs79ia4607o3aq6qh{at}4ax.com...
> >> Could it have anything to do with the fact that each sending of data it
> >> made was way smaller than a packet?
> >>
> >> On Mon, 27 Jan 2003 21:35:11 -0500, "Geo."
 wrote in
> >> message :
> >>
> >> >I'm still trying to figure out what it is about this worm that
> >> >allowed it to get past the packet shaper.
> >>
> >
>

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