From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 1 12:52:06 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D1BB7106566B for ; Tue, 1 Apr 2008 12:52:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from patrick_dkt@yahoo.com.hk) Received: from web54306.mail.re2.yahoo.com (web54306.mail.re2.yahoo.com [206.190.49.116]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 948F88FC27 for ; Tue, 1 Apr 2008 12:52:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from patrick_dkt@yahoo.com.hk) Received: (qmail 95712 invoked by uid 60001); 1 Apr 2008 12:52:05 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com.hk; h=X-YMail-OSG:Received:Date:From:Subject:To:Cc:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Message-ID; b=RdsCShNT1DQg0QTDsR9WkeI5Vm3QTanZ1GPhwLm8n5pTRJgIG6StHZverG/VbN/qP4FbN/jFppiPMRxInCQsm2WVe2zPrhaieK3UJ844zNz/pqEObHbFdfBJECHZT4ONA5cNY+1LNVX0/zxMekd7mKFzpJpG5WgThTEzDYSLcgk=; X-YMail-OSG: IwNj5WkVM1mixjVUuuaaRWsVeJiQuGG4R9lBZmWgY3k95sxVvXZCsSikhDQEarTAEhY3sIn4fUIHNwX_T2M_UPr2pfLu1aGnMBQ- Received: from [61.15.61.52] by web54306.mail.re2.yahoo.com via HTTP; Tue, 01 Apr 2008 05:52:05 PDT Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2008 05:52:05 -0700 (PDT) From: Patrick Dung To: Mohacsi Janos In-Reply-To: <20080331213205.G26493@mignon.ki.iif.hu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Message-ID: <771941.95149.qm@web54306.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Feature request X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 01 Apr 2008 12:52:07 -0000 --- Mohacsi Janos wrote: > > > > On Mon, 31 Mar 2008, Patrick Dung wrote: > > > Hello > > > > I have some suggestions about improving FreeBSD in some of the > > areas/features. Let's discuss. > > > > 1. Cluster capability > > > > As I know, there is: > > - Linux HA heartbeart in ports > > - LVS (Linux Virtual Server for load balancing) for FreeBSD 5.3 in > > http://dragon.linux-vs.org/~dragonfly/htm/lvs_freebsd.htm > > - SunGrid in ports. > > > > But looks like there is no native FreeBSD clustering/load balancing > > tools to do it in 'a FreeBSD way'. > > There is *BSD way of doing loadbalancing with pf. A big plus is the > pf > supports IPv6, while LVS does not. > Yes, I missed the 'sticky-address' feature of pf which can do the stick session. And we have pf CRAP to do the HA. > > > > > > 2. Networking support > > > > As we know FreeBSD has a good history/reputation on networking. > > FreeBSD lacks these support: > > > > a) MPLS > > For MPLS, Linux has project working since around in 2001. > > It is called mpls-linux in Sourceforge. > > There was a project to port Ayame to NetBSD 4.0 current, but I > don't > > know about the outcome. > > > > b) NAT-T on IPSEC > > I see NAT-T patch for FreeBSD 6 in 2005 but the patch not in > > RELEASE/CURRENT. > > > > As I know, there maybe patent infringement for NAT-T. > > But I see NetBSD 3.0 (with warning) and Linux has NAT-T support out > of > > the box. > > http://netbsd.gw.com/cgi-bin/man-cgi?ipsec++NetBSD-3.0 > > > > c) multiple default gateways > > Looks like FreeBSD do not support metrics in 'route'. > > > This is sometime missing. OpenBSD has good support for it - maybe can > be > ported from OpenBSD. > > > > > > 3. Support LDAP SSO out of the box > > > > Linux/Solaris/AIX have native LDAP SSO support. > > > > I have asked about this feature before. > > The problem is whether it should integrate OpenLDAP to base system. > > BTW, I see ISC Bind, Sendmail and Amd automounter is in base. > > > > unfortunately you have to use the ports for this.... > > > > 4. LVM and file systems > > > > As of FreeBSD 7.0, ZFS is ported. > > This is great as FreeBSD do not have LVM in the past. > > I am sure there is still room for improvement. > > For example: ZFS/UFS shrink support, native file system journaling. > > > > Regards > > Patrick > > Janos Mohacsi > Network Engineer, Research Associate, Head of Network Planning and > Projects > NIIF/HUNGARNET, HUNGARY > Key 70EF9882: DEC2 C685 1ED4 C95A 145F 4300 6F64 7B00 70EF 9882 > > > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > > No Cost - Get a month of Blockbuster Total Access now. 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