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Date:      Wed, 19 Jan 2005 08:57:51 -0800
From:      Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net>
To:        Gleb Smirnoff <glebius@freebsd.org>
Cc:        net@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: [TEST/REVIEW] ng_ipfw: node to glue together ipfw(4) andnetgraph(4)
Message-ID:  <20050119165751.GA19365@odin.ac.hmc.edu>
In-Reply-To: <20050119123426.GA7825@cell.sick.ru>
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On Wed, Jan 19, 2005 at 03:34:26PM +0300, Gleb Smirnoff wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 19, 2005 at 11:16:01AM +0100, Andre Oppermann wrote:
> A> > On Wed, Jan 19, 2005 at 01:32:35AM -0800, Julian Elischer wrote:
> A> > J> If each active divert socket number had a pointer to the module t=
o which it
> A> > J> was attached then  you could divert to either in-kernel netgraph =
targets or
> A> > J> to userland socket based targets.  Currently of you divert to a d=
ivert
> A> > J> 'port number' and nothing is attached to it, the packet is droppe=
d.
> A> > J> If a divert socket is attached to it, it is sent ot teh socket.
> A> > J> I would just suggest that is not a great leap of imagination that
> A> > J> attaching to a hook named 3245 would attach a netgrpah hook to th=
e ipfw
> A> > J> code in the sam enamespace as the divert portnumber, and that a
> A> > J> subsequent attempt to attach a divert socket to that port number =
woild
> A> > J> fail. The packets diverted there would simply go to the netgraph =
hook
> A> > J> instead of going to a socket or being dropped.
> A> >=20
> A> > I understand your idea now. I'll work in this direction.
> A>=20
> A> I like Julian's idea.  And if you look at the mtag's the only thing th=
at
> A> is extracted is the rule number for divert, dummynet and netgraph (your
> A> patch).  Ideally this should be merged into one tag if possible and not
> A> an architectual hack.
>=20
> When writing node, I was thinking about merging this into one tag. Howeve=
r, I
> expected negative response to this idea, from other developers.
>=20
> Anyone else agree that these tags should be merged?

Off the top of my head, I don't like the idea.  What are the savings in
doing so?  Is there a guarantee that you won't need more then one at
once?

-- Brooks

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