Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2003 11:22:43 +0100 From: Andre Oppermann <andre@freebsd.org> To: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org> Cc: net@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Source Routing Message-ID: <3FF151F3.A5D9EC19@freebsd.org> References: <20031228221511.91095.qmail@web21509.mail.yahoo.com> <20031230081308.GA36953@FreeBSD.org.ua>
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Ruslan Ermilov wrote: > > On Tue, Dec 30, 2003 at 01:25:25AM +0000, Bruce M Simpson wrote: > > On Sun, Dec 28, 2003 at 02:15:11PM -0800, afshin wrote: > > > Is any source routing facility available in FreeBSD ? > > > > I think you mean policy routing. It is on the wishlist for 5.3. > > > What is missing in ipfw(8) and its ``fwd'' option from being a > successful implementation of policy routing? In the technical sense it is. For larger systems you want automatic configuration from a routing daemon. ipfw also has its limits when it comes to a large number of prefixes which are changing all the time. -- Andre > - by using the match probability feature, you can implement > the equal-access routing; > > - by checking the source IP adress, you can implement > the source-sensitive routing; > > - by checking the IP TOS field, you can implement the > quality-of-service routing; > > - etc. > > Cheers, > -- > Ruslan Ermilov > FreeBSD committer > ru@FreeBSD.org > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Part 1.2Type: application/pgp-signature
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