Ipfw+dummynet on Windows 10

[Srikanth Reddy]

Hi Julian,
Thank you very much.

Best,
Srikanth.

On Fri, Dec 2, 2016 at 9:44 PM, Julian Elischer <julian at freebsd.org> wrote:

> On 25/11/2016 2:20 PM, Srikanth Reddy wrote:
>
>> Hi Odhiambo,
>> That's clear to me.
>> I am not complaining that Ipfw not updated,I am requesting if any one
>> could
>> please help in achieving ipfw works on Windows 10 that's great help.
>>
>> Thanks and Regards,
>> Srikanth.
>>
>
> normally Luigi or one of his crew would have popped up by now.
> I think they did the windows compat stuff for some of their projects.
> I've CC'd luigi.  maybe he can help.
> Nobody here runs it on Windows so we can't really help you.
>
>
>> On Thursday, November 24, 2016, Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> FreeBSD Team actually include ipfw team, BUT as long as you see ipfw
>>> included in a version of FreeBSD, then it's been tested and certified as
>>> "works". That does not mean they also test and ensure it works on Windows
>>> as M$ continues to change/break things :-)
>>>
>>> On 24 November 2016 at 19:33, Srikanth Reddy <
>>> srikanthkumar.net at gmail.com
>>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','srikanthkumar.net at gmail.com');>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Ernie,
>>>> Thank you very much.
>>>> You are right, I was in the assumption that Freebsd team include Ipfw
>>>> team.
>>>> Hence wrote the email to this community as I badly need windows 10
>>>> support.
>>>>
>>>> It will be a great help if you can provide ipfw developer contact
>>>> information.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks and Regards,
>>>> Srikanth.
>>>>
>>>> On Thursday, November 24, 2016, Ernie Luzar <luzar722 at gmail.com
>>>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','luzar722 at gmail.com');>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Srikanth Reddy wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, Oct 28, 2016 at 10:11 PM, Ian Smith <smithi at nimnet.asn.au
>>>>>>
>>>>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','smithi at nimnet.asn.au');>
>>>>
>>>>> <mailto:smithi at nimnet.asn.au
>>>>>>
>>>>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','smithi at nimnet.asn.au');>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>      freebsd-ipfw at freebsd.org
>>>>>>
>>>>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','freebsd-ipfw at freebsd.org');> <mailto:
>>>> freebsd-ipfw at freebsd.org
>>>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','freebsd-ipfw at freebsd.org');>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ​Hello All,
>>>>>> We couldn't find the right piece of code to change to achieve Windows
>>>>>>
>>>>> 10
>>>>
>>>>> compatibility of ipfw.
>>>>>> Could any one of you can help us on ​this part?since we used ipfw in
>>>>>>
>>>>> one
>>>>
>>>>> of my research project its very critical for us to achieve ipfw
>>>>>> compatibility on windows 10 as it was working fine in windows 7
>>>>>>
>>>>> machines
>>>>
>>>>> without any issues.we are Ok to pay some money ( if that is not going
>>>>>>
>>>>> to
>>>>
>>>>> cost so much ) as you need to spend some effort to go though your code
>>>>>> again.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Buts its our humble request to all of you.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks & Regards,
>>>>>> Srikanth.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> Hello Srikanth.
>>>>>
>>>>> I think you are barking up the wrong tree here. What you need is a
>>>>>
>>>> person
>>>>
>>>>> who is experienced in win10 internals not Freebsd. Even though ipfw is
>>>>> maintained by the freebsd ipfw project does not mean freebsd had
>>>>>
>>>> anything
>>>>
>>>>> to do with making it able to run on win7. A win programmer took the
>>>>> open
>>>>> source ipfw code and made changes to it so it would run on win7.
>>>>>
>>>>> You need to contact that win7 programmer who did that work and ask him
>>>>>
>>>> it
>>>>
>>>>> he is interested in upgrading his work for win10.
>>>>>
>>>>> Some suggestions.
>>>>>
>>>>> 1. Submit a format proposal to the FreeBSD foundation to fund a project
>>>>>
>>>> to
>>>>
>>>>> perform the desired work. This option is going to take some time. Maybe
>>>>>
>>>> up
>>>>
>>>>> to a year.
>>>>>
>>>>> 2. Change your focuses from Freebsd to Microsoft. There are win10
>>>>> development forums where you can ask for help and advice. Maybe you can
>>>>> find the support you want there.
>>>>>
>>>>> Good Luck
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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>>> --
>>> Best regards,
>>> Odhiambo WASHINGTON,
>>> Nairobi,KE
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>>> "Oh, the cruft."
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