Date: Mon, 5 May 1997 22:07:09 +0200 (MET DST) From: Andrzej Bialecki <abial@korin.warman.org.pl> To: Archie Cobbs <archie@whistle.com> Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: divert still broken? Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.3.95.970505220303.12930B-100000@korin.warman.org.pl> In-Reply-To: <199705051812.LAA05845@bubba.whistle.com>
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On Mon, 5 May 1997, Archie Cobbs wrote: > > [ cc'ing this to freebsd-hackers as well ] > > > > it is broken.. > > > garret broke it and we have yet to fix it... > > > > In this case my (yet to be written) monitoring/accounting > > program will just read packets from (read-only ?) divert socket 98 > > not bothering itself with returning packets back to kernel. > > Sound like a good idea :-) > > I'm doing some more work on ipfw and divert to solve a need we have... > and planning on making these changes (how much gets checked in to be > determined later by group consensus, but patch will be available): On the same subject: how much work would it require to shift the NAT code (from ppp -alias, or natd) to the kernel space (LKM ?) ? I think it would tremendously enhance the performance of the NAT setup, allowing for much greater throughput. Just my twopence... Sincerely yours, --- Andrzej Bialecki FreeBSD: Turning PCs Into Workstations <abial@warman.org.pl> http://www.freebsd.org Research and Academic Network in Poland
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