From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 26 02:55:11 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 24EDC16A4CE; Fri, 26 Nov 2004 02:55:11 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mx01.bos.ma.towardex.com (mx01.bos.ma.towardex.com [65.124.16.9]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EFE8243D55; Fri, 26 Nov 2004 02:55:10 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from haesu@mx01.bos.ma.towardex.com) Received: by mx01.bos.ma.towardex.com (TowardEX ESMTP 3.0p11_DAKN, from userid 1001) id 7A39A2F9FD; Thu, 25 Nov 2004 21:55:10 -0500 (EST) Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2004 21:55:10 -0500 From: James To: Gleb Smirnoff Message-ID: <20041126025510.GA44246@scylla.towardex.com> References: <20041125140641.GA78210@cell.sick.ru> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20041125140641.GA78210@cell.sick.ru> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i cc: net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: route cacheing for gif(4) should be optional X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2004 02:55:11 -0000 On Thu, Nov 25, 2004 at 05:06:41PM +0300, Gleb Smirnoff wrote: > Back to this problem: > > http://freebsd.rambler.ru/bsdmail/freebsd-net_2004/msg01305.html > > I've found two more people who dislike this feature of gif(4). > So I'd like to make it optional. > > We already have LINK2 flag removing sourceroute filter from gif(4), > which is commonly used in asymmetrically routed networks. I suggest > to use this flag also for disabling route cacheing, since asymmetricity > often appears in dynamically routed networks, and if one runs dynamic > routing, he probably wants to remove route cacheing, too. I'd think we should create a separate option for removing the route cache. Sometimes, certain people want to use the tunnel at the highest maximum performance possible with both sourceroute filter disabled and tunneling routes allocated at their creation time. Perhaps link3 is a good place for this option? Thanks, -J -- James Jun TowardEX Technologies, Inc. Technical Lead Boston IPv4/IPv6 Web Hosting, Colocation and james@towardex.com Network design/consulting & configuration services cell: 1(978)-394-2867 web: http://www.towardex.com , noc: www.twdx.net