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Bruce M Simpson wrote:
> 
> On Mon, Mar 01, 2004 at 10:16:25PM -0500, James wrote:
> > > >  [] move IPv4 routing to its own optimized routing table structure and
> >
> >       finally it's about time   :)
> 
> I've been fielding suggestions from individuals who feel using a multi-bit
> trie might be more suitable for achieving higher PPS rates.

Yes.  Which one should not matter.  I want to make an API for the IPv4
routing code.  Different routing implementations then can be loaded or
changed at runtime or boot time.

> > > >     add multi-path and policy-routing options.  (planned)
> >
> >       would the policy-routing optioned table sort of similar to VRF's or
> >       different routing instances that could potentially be tied to userlands
> >       like Quagga?
> 
> That's the plan, I believe, anyway... It would be nice if Quagga could be
> taught about how to add TCP-MD5 keys to both FreeBSD and OpenBSD SADBs.

What is the relationship tcp-md5 --> policy-routing?

-- 
Andre