Date: Fri, 02 Nov 2001 12:36:58 -0800 From: Lars Eggert <larse@ISI.EDU> To: Randall Stewart <randall@stewart.chicago.il.us> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SCTP and multiple default routes Message-ID: <3BE303EA.1040506@isi.edu> References: <3BE30097.C02C828D@stewart.chicago.il.us>
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Randall Stewart wrote: > I am working on a SCTP implementation for KAME and > have a question/issue with routing entries in > the current freebsd kernel (4.x stream). ... > What would be nice is to have multiple default routes > and then have the ability to be able to do a: I'm not sure multiple default routes make sense. The default route is the one you use if no other route matches a destination. If you allow multiple "defaults", how do you pick which one to use for a given packet? You need a whole new mechanism to choose among default routes. Why not simply use host routes? Disclaimer: I may be biased here, because I think implementing multi-homing at the transport layer (like SCTP tries to) is a bad idea in general. It's a network layer concept, reimplementing it at the transport layer gives you no new capabilities. Lars -- Lars Eggert <larse@isi.edu> Information Sciences Institute http://www.isi.edu/larse/ University of Southern California To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message
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