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Subject: Re: Programming Question: Policy Based Routing
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Ivo Vachkov wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I'm interested in implementing policy based routing (PBR) for the
> FreeBSD. First of all, I want to hear what you think about that. If
> anyone has any ideas I'll be glad if you share them with me. I'm
> especially interested in the programming details. I've done some
> research and figured out two ways to implement it, but before
> discussing them I want to hear other developers/users opinions.

Normally it's the other way around.  Why don't you post your ideas
first and then we work out whether it is a smart approach wrt. the
FreeBSD kernel.  Most important is your definition of policy routing.
Many people understand many different things under that term.

-- 
Andre