Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2025 10:30:07 GMT From: Lorenzo Salvadore <salvadore@FreeBSD.org> To: doc-committers@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-doc-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: git: 811fbc2e25 - main - Status/2025Q1/ipv6-support-on-ng_ksocket.adoc: Add report Message-ID: <202504081030.538AU7CZ067789@gitrepo.freebsd.org>
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The branch main has been updated by salvadore: URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/doc/commit/?id=811fbc2e25905581d8b03edf9fcdb7c4fa5369cf commit 811fbc2e25905581d8b03edf9fcdb7c4fa5369cf Author: Seyed Pouria Mousavizadeh Tehrani <info@spmzt.net> AuthorDate: 2025-04-08 09:45:27 +0000 Commit: Lorenzo Salvadore <salvadore@FreeBSD.org> CommitDate: 2025-04-08 09:48:07 +0000 Status/2025Q1/ipv6-support-on-ng_ksocket.adoc: Add report Reviewed by: Chris Moerz <freebsd@ny-central.org> --- .../ipv6-support-on-ng_ksocket.adoc | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+) diff --git a/website/content/en/status/report-2025-01-2025-03/ipv6-support-on-ng_ksocket.adoc b/website/content/en/status/report-2025-01-2025-03/ipv6-support-on-ng_ksocket.adoc new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..5b8d59dc10 --- /dev/null +++ b/website/content/en/status/report-2025-01-2025-03/ipv6-support-on-ng_ksocket.adoc @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@ +=== IPv6 Support on ksocket Netgraph Module + +Links: + +link:https://reviews.freebsd.org/D48204[Add IPv6 support for address parsing and unparsing in ng_ksocket] URL: link:https://reviews.freebsd.org/D48204[] + +Contact: Seyed Pouria Mousavizadeh Tehrani <info@spmzt.net> + +Support for IPv6 has been added to the man:ng_ksocket[4] module. + +The `ng_ksocket` node type allows users to open a socket inside the kernel and have it appear as a `netgraph` node. +While attempting to export traffic flow using man:ng_netflow[4], I recognized the need for IPv6 implementation within the `ng_ksocket` module. + +There was a previous attempt to add IPv6 support to the `ng_ksocket` module (see Phabricator review link:https://reviews.freebsd.org/D23788[D23788]). + +After looking into those changes, I decided to complete the efforts and also add validation to comply with standards. + +The result is now available as an link:https://reviews.freebsd.org/D48204[updated review on Phabricator]. + +Now, we can create IPv6 sockets using the ksocket module directly within the `netgraph` framework. +After my changes, I was able to export my traffic flows directly using `netgraph` without the need to enable IPv4 on my network links.
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