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Date:      Fri, 16 Mar 2001 14:39:10 +0200
From:      Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.ORG>
To:        Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai <asmodai@wxs.nl>
Cc:        Eugene Polovnikov <paranoid@brain-fag.org>, net@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: nos-tun & multihomed machines
Message-ID:  <20010316143910.B90057@sunbay.com>
In-Reply-To: <20010316125806.J12010@daemon.ninth-circle.org>; from asmodai@wxs.nl on Fri, Mar 16, 2001 at 12:58:06PM %2B0100
References:  <20010316112914.A50671@zssm.zp.ua> <20010316105026.A12010@daemon.ninth-circle.org> <20010316124046.D67000@sunbay.com> <20010316125806.J12010@daemon.ninth-circle.org>

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On Fri, Mar 16, 2001 at 12:58:06PM +0100, Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai wrote:
> -On [20010316 12:45], Ruslan Ermilov (ru@FreeBSD.ORG) wrote:
> >On Fri, Mar 16, 2001 at 10:50:26AM +0100, Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai wrote:
> >> -On [20010316 10:43], Eugene Polovnikov (paranoid@brain-fag.org) wrote:
> 
> [gif versus nos-tun]
> 
> >Yes, gif(4) works the same way, and multihomed enabled (see gifconfig(8)),
> >with the exception that it always uses the IPPROTO_IPV4 (protocol 4) for
> >encapsulating of IPv4 payload.
> 
> [gif preferred over nos-tun]
> 
> >I fully agree.
> 
> Noted.
> 
> >> Translated, does gif do what nos-tun can do and more?  Yes?  Let's rip
> >> out nos-tun and support the other well maintained solution.
> >> 
> >Except that it does not allow to use proto 94 (the default for nos-tun).
> 
> I'm sure we can work something out with the KAME guys over this, if it
> is necessary to keep this in.  *chalks up another task*
> 
It should be pretty easy to add the ``int gif_pproto'' member to the
gif_softc structure, and expand gif_ioctl() interface to handle smth
like SIOC[SG]IFPPROTO (where PPROTO stands for "physical protocol").


Cheers,
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