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.TH "firehol\-classify" "5" "Built 12 Apr 2019" "FireHOL Reference" "3.1.6"
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.SH NAME
.PP
firehol\-classify \- classify traffic for traffic shaping tools
.SH SYNOPSIS
.PP
{ classify | classify46 } \f[I]class\f[] [\f[I]rule\-params\f[]]
.PP
classify4 \f[I]class\f[] [\f[I]rule\-params\f[]]
.PP
classify6 \f[I]class\f[] [\f[I]rule\-params\f[]]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
The \f[C]classify\f[] helper command puts matching traffic into the
specified traffic shaping class.
.PP
The \f[I]class\f[] is a class as used by iptables(8) and tc(8)
(e.g.\ MAJOR:MINOR).
.PP
The \f[I]rule\-params\f[] define a set of rule parameters to match the
traffic that is to be classified.
See firehol\-params(5) for more details.
.PP
Any classify commands will affect all traffic matched.
They must be declared before the first router or interface.
.SH EXAMPLES
.IP
.nf
\f[C]
\ #\ Put\ all\ smtp\ traffic\ leaving\ via\ eth1\ in\ class\ 1:1
\ classify\ 1:1\ outface\ eth1\ proto\ tcp\ dport\ 25
\f[]
.fi
.SH SEE ALSO
.IP \[bu] 2
firehol\-params(5) \- optional rule parameters
.IP \[bu] 2
iptables(8) (http://ipset.netfilter.org/iptables.man.html) \-
administration tool for IPv4 firewalls
.IP \[bu] 2
ip6tables(8) (http://ipset.netfilter.org/ip6tables.man.html) \-
administration tool for IPv6 firewalls
.IP \[bu] 2
tc(8) \- show / manipulate traffic control settings
.IP \[bu] 2
FireHOL Website (http://firehol.org/)
.IP \[bu] 2
FireHOL Online PDF Manual (http://firehol.org/firehol-manual.pdf)
.IP \[bu] 2
FireHOL Online Documentation (http://firehol.org/documentation/)
.IP \[bu] 2
Linux Advanced Routing & Traffic Control HOWTO (http://lartc.org/howto/)
.SH AUTHORS
FireHOL Team.