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Subject: Re: OpenLISP
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Luigi Iannone wrote:
>>
> 
> Hi,
> 
> 
>> A word about the implementation.  The interception mechanism for LISP 
>> tunneled packets in ip_input/forward is *horrible*!  Some of that is due 
>> to the design, but I believe it can be implemented much cleaner if you 
>> were to use the pfil(9) API.  I'd really like to avoid putting this kind 
>> of stuff into the main ip code as it hurts readability a lot.
>>
> 
> Thanks for the hint I'll get a look at that.

my head hurts after reading that :-)

I think I only 'got' half of it..
I'll read it again later..
The aim of this is to reduce routing table size and allow multihoming
with the destination being able to suggest to a remote sight how to 
route back to it right?


> 
> Cheers
> 
> Luigi
> 
>