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1 | # |
2 | # IP configuration | |
3 | # | |
4 | config IP_MULTICAST | |
5 | bool "IP: multicasting" | |
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6 | help |
7 | This is code for addressing several networked computers at once, | |
8 | enlarging your kernel by about 2 KB. You need multicasting if you | |
9 | intend to participate in the MBONE, a high bandwidth network on top | |
10 | of the Internet which carries audio and video broadcasts. More | |
11 | information about the MBONE is on the WWW at | |
4960c2c6 | 12 | <http://www.savetz.com/mbone/>. For most people, it's safe to say N. |
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13 | |
14 | config IP_ADVANCED_ROUTER | |
15 | bool "IP: advanced router" | |
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16 | ---help--- |
17 | If you intend to run your Linux box mostly as a router, i.e. as a | |
18 | computer that forwards and redistributes network packets, say Y; you | |
19 | will then be presented with several options that allow more precise | |
20 | control about the routing process. | |
21 | ||
22 | The answer to this question won't directly affect the kernel: | |
23 | answering N will just cause the configurator to skip all the | |
24 | questions about advanced routing. | |
25 | ||
26 | Note that your box can only act as a router if you enable IP | |
27 | forwarding in your kernel; you can do that by saying Y to "/proc | |
28 | file system support" and "Sysctl support" below and executing the | |
29 | line | |
30 | ||
31 | echo "1" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward | |
32 | ||
33 | at boot time after the /proc file system has been mounted. | |
34 | ||
b2cc46a8 | 35 | If you turn on IP forwarding, you should consider the rp_filter, which |
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36 | automatically rejects incoming packets if the routing table entry |
37 | for their source address doesn't match the network interface they're | |
38 | arriving on. This has security advantages because it prevents the | |
39 | so-called IP spoofing, however it can pose problems if you use | |
40 | asymmetric routing (packets from you to a host take a different path | |
41 | than packets from that host to you) or if you operate a non-routing | |
42 | host which has several IP addresses on different interfaces. To turn | |
d7394372 | 43 | rp_filter on use: |
1da177e4 | 44 | |
d7394372 | 45 | echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/<device>/rp_filter |
750e9fad | 46 | or |
d7394372 | 47 | echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/all/rp_filter |
1da177e4 | 48 | |
b2cc46a8 | 49 | Note that some distributions enable it in startup scripts. |
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50 | For details about rp_filter strict and loose mode read |
51 | <file:Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt>. | |
b2cc46a8 | 52 | |
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53 | If unsure, say N here. |
54 | ||
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55 | config IP_FIB_TRIE_STATS |
56 | bool "FIB TRIE statistics" | |
3630b7c0 | 57 | depends on IP_ADVANCED_ROUTER |
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58 | ---help--- |
59 | Keep track of statistics on structure of FIB TRIE table. | |
60 | Useful for testing and measuring TRIE performance. | |
61 | ||
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62 | config IP_MULTIPLE_TABLES |
63 | bool "IP: policy routing" | |
64 | depends on IP_ADVANCED_ROUTER | |
e1ef4bf2 | 65 | select FIB_RULES |
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66 | ---help--- |
67 | Normally, a router decides what to do with a received packet based | |
68 | solely on the packet's final destination address. If you say Y here, | |
69 | the Linux router will also be able to take the packet's source | |
70 | address into account. Furthermore, the TOS (Type-Of-Service) field | |
71 | of the packet can be used for routing decisions as well. | |
72 | ||
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73 | If you need more information, see the Linux Advanced |
74 | Routing and Traffic Control documentation at | |
75 | <http://lartc.org/howto/lartc.rpdb.html> | |
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76 | |
77 | If unsure, say N. | |
78 | ||
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79 | config IP_ROUTE_MULTIPATH |
80 | bool "IP: equal cost multipath" | |
81 | depends on IP_ADVANCED_ROUTER | |
82 | help | |
83 | Normally, the routing tables specify a single action to be taken in | |
84 | a deterministic manner for a given packet. If you say Y here | |
85 | however, it becomes possible to attach several actions to a packet | |
86 | pattern, in effect specifying several alternative paths to travel | |
87 | for those packets. The router considers all these paths to be of | |
88 | equal "cost" and chooses one of them in a non-deterministic fashion | |
89 | if a matching packet arrives. | |
90 | ||
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91 | config IP_ROUTE_VERBOSE |
92 | bool "IP: verbose route monitoring" | |
93 | depends on IP_ADVANCED_ROUTER | |
94 | help | |
95 | If you say Y here, which is recommended, then the kernel will print | |
96 | verbose messages regarding the routing, for example warnings about | |
97 | received packets which look strange and could be evidence of an | |
98 | attack or a misconfigured system somewhere. The information is | |
99 | handled by the klogd daemon which is responsible for kernel messages | |
100 | ("man klogd"). | |
101 | ||
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102 | config IP_ROUTE_CLASSID |
103 | bool | |
104 | ||
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105 | config IP_PNP |
106 | bool "IP: kernel level autoconfiguration" | |
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107 | help |
108 | This enables automatic configuration of IP addresses of devices and | |
109 | of the routing table during kernel boot, based on either information | |
110 | supplied on the kernel command line or by BOOTP or RARP protocols. | |
111 | You need to say Y only for diskless machines requiring network | |
112 | access to boot (in which case you want to say Y to "Root file system | |
113 | on NFS" as well), because all other machines configure the network | |
114 | in their startup scripts. | |
115 | ||
116 | config IP_PNP_DHCP | |
117 | bool "IP: DHCP support" | |
118 | depends on IP_PNP | |
119 | ---help--- | |
120 | If you want your Linux box to mount its whole root file system (the | |
121 | one containing the directory /) from some other computer over the | |
122 | net via NFS and you want the IP address of your computer to be | |
123 | discovered automatically at boot time using the DHCP protocol (a | |
124 | special protocol designed for doing this job), say Y here. In case | |
125 | the boot ROM of your network card was designed for booting Linux and | |
126 | does DHCP itself, providing all necessary information on the kernel | |
127 | command line, you can say N here. | |
128 | ||
129 | If unsure, say Y. Note that if you want to use DHCP, a DHCP server | |
130 | must be operating on your network. Read | |
dc7a0816 | 131 | <file:Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfsroot.txt> for details. |
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132 | |
133 | config IP_PNP_BOOTP | |
134 | bool "IP: BOOTP support" | |
135 | depends on IP_PNP | |
136 | ---help--- | |
137 | If you want your Linux box to mount its whole root file system (the | |
138 | one containing the directory /) from some other computer over the | |
139 | net via NFS and you want the IP address of your computer to be | |
140 | discovered automatically at boot time using the BOOTP protocol (a | |
141 | special protocol designed for doing this job), say Y here. In case | |
142 | the boot ROM of your network card was designed for booting Linux and | |
143 | does BOOTP itself, providing all necessary information on the kernel | |
144 | command line, you can say N here. If unsure, say Y. Note that if you | |
145 | want to use BOOTP, a BOOTP server must be operating on your network. | |
dc7a0816 | 146 | Read <file:Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfsroot.txt> for details. |
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147 | |
148 | config IP_PNP_RARP | |
149 | bool "IP: RARP support" | |
150 | depends on IP_PNP | |
151 | help | |
152 | If you want your Linux box to mount its whole root file system (the | |
153 | one containing the directory /) from some other computer over the | |
154 | net via NFS and you want the IP address of your computer to be | |
155 | discovered automatically at boot time using the RARP protocol (an | |
156 | older protocol which is being obsoleted by BOOTP and DHCP), say Y | |
157 | here. Note that if you want to use RARP, a RARP server must be | |
6ded55da | 158 | operating on your network. Read |
dc7a0816 | 159 | <file:Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfsroot.txt> for details. |
1da177e4 | 160 | |
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161 | config NET_IPIP |
162 | tristate "IP: tunneling" | |
d2acc347 | 163 | select INET_TUNNEL |
fd58156e | 164 | select NET_IP_TUNNEL |
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165 | ---help--- |
166 | Tunneling means encapsulating data of one protocol type within | |
167 | another protocol and sending it over a channel that understands the | |
168 | encapsulating protocol. This particular tunneling driver implements | |
169 | encapsulation of IP within IP, which sounds kind of pointless, but | |
170 | can be useful if you want to make your (or some other) machine | |
171 | appear on a different network than it physically is, or to use | |
172 | mobile-IP facilities (allowing laptops to seamlessly move between | |
173 | networks without changing their IP addresses). | |
174 | ||
175 | Saying Y to this option will produce two modules ( = code which can | |
176 | be inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you | |
177 | want). Most people won't need this and can say N. | |
178 | ||
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179 | config NET_IPGRE_DEMUX |
180 | tristate "IP: GRE demultiplexer" | |
181 | help | |
182 | This is helper module to demultiplex GRE packets on GRE version field criteria. | |
183 | Required by ip_gre and pptp modules. | |
184 | ||
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185 | config NET_IP_TUNNEL |
186 | tristate | |
e09acddf | 187 | select DST_CACHE |
97e219b7 | 188 | select GRO_CELLS |
c5441932 PS |
189 | default n |
190 | ||
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191 | config NET_IPGRE |
192 | tristate "IP: GRE tunnels over IP" | |
21a180cd | 193 | depends on (IPV6 || IPV6=n) && NET_IPGRE_DEMUX |
c5441932 | 194 | select NET_IP_TUNNEL |
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195 | help |
196 | Tunneling means encapsulating data of one protocol type within | |
197 | another protocol and sending it over a channel that understands the | |
198 | encapsulating protocol. This particular tunneling driver implements | |
199 | GRE (Generic Routing Encapsulation) and at this time allows | |
200 | encapsulating of IPv4 or IPv6 over existing IPv4 infrastructure. | |
201 | This driver is useful if the other endpoint is a Cisco router: Cisco | |
202 | likes GRE much better than the other Linux tunneling driver ("IP | |
203 | tunneling" above). In addition, GRE allows multicast redistribution | |
204 | through the tunnel. | |
205 | ||
206 | config NET_IPGRE_BROADCAST | |
207 | bool "IP: broadcast GRE over IP" | |
208 | depends on IP_MULTICAST && NET_IPGRE | |
209 | help | |
210 | One application of GRE/IP is to construct a broadcast WAN (Wide Area | |
211 | Network), which looks like a normal Ethernet LAN (Local Area | |
212 | Network), but can be distributed all over the Internet. If you want | |
213 | to do that, say Y here and to "IP multicast routing" below. | |
214 | ||
215 | config IP_MROUTE | |
216 | bool "IP: multicast routing" | |
217 | depends on IP_MULTICAST | |
218 | help | |
219 | This is used if you want your machine to act as a router for IP | |
220 | packets that have several destination addresses. It is needed on the | |
221 | MBONE, a high bandwidth network on top of the Internet which carries | |
222 | audio and video broadcasts. In order to do that, you would most | |
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223 | likely run the program mrouted. If you haven't heard about it, you |
224 | don't need it. | |
1da177e4 | 225 | |
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226 | config IP_MROUTE_MULTIPLE_TABLES |
227 | bool "IP: multicast policy routing" | |
66496d49 | 228 | depends on IP_MROUTE && IP_ADVANCED_ROUTER |
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229 | select FIB_RULES |
230 | help | |
231 | Normally, a multicast router runs a userspace daemon and decides | |
232 | what to do with a multicast packet based on the source and | |
233 | destination addresses. If you say Y here, the multicast router | |
234 | will also be able to take interfaces and packet marks into | |
235 | account and run multiple instances of userspace daemons | |
236 | simultaneously, each one handling a single table. | |
237 | ||
238 | If unsure, say N. | |
239 | ||
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240 | config IP_PIMSM_V1 |
241 | bool "IP: PIM-SM version 1 support" | |
242 | depends on IP_MROUTE | |
243 | help | |
244 | Kernel side support for Sparse Mode PIM (Protocol Independent | |
245 | Multicast) version 1. This multicast routing protocol is used widely | |
246 | because Cisco supports it. You need special software to use it | |
247 | (pimd-v1). Please see <http://netweb.usc.edu/pim/> for more | |
248 | information about PIM. | |
249 | ||
250 | Say Y if you want to use PIM-SM v1. Note that you can say N here if | |
251 | you just want to use Dense Mode PIM. | |
252 | ||
253 | config IP_PIMSM_V2 | |
254 | bool "IP: PIM-SM version 2 support" | |
255 | depends on IP_MROUTE | |
256 | help | |
257 | Kernel side support for Sparse Mode PIM version 2. In order to use | |
258 | this, you need an experimental routing daemon supporting it (pimd or | |
259 | gated-5). This routing protocol is not used widely, so say N unless | |
260 | you want to play with it. | |
261 | ||
1da177e4 | 262 | config SYN_COOKIES |
57f1553e | 263 | bool "IP: TCP syncookie support" |
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264 | ---help--- |
265 | Normal TCP/IP networking is open to an attack known as "SYN | |
266 | flooding". This denial-of-service attack prevents legitimate remote | |
267 | users from being able to connect to your computer during an ongoing | |
268 | attack and requires very little work from the attacker, who can | |
269 | operate from anywhere on the Internet. | |
270 | ||
271 | SYN cookies provide protection against this type of attack. If you | |
272 | say Y here, the TCP/IP stack will use a cryptographic challenge | |
273 | protocol known as "SYN cookies" to enable legitimate users to | |
274 | continue to connect, even when your machine is under attack. There | |
275 | is no need for the legitimate users to change their TCP/IP software; | |
276 | SYN cookies work transparently to them. For technical information | |
277 | about SYN cookies, check out <http://cr.yp.to/syncookies.html>. | |
278 | ||
279 | If you are SYN flooded, the source address reported by the kernel is | |
280 | likely to have been forged by the attacker; it is only reported as | |
281 | an aid in tracing the packets to their actual source and should not | |
282 | be taken as absolute truth. | |
283 | ||
284 | SYN cookies may prevent correct error reporting on clients when the | |
285 | server is really overloaded. If this happens frequently better turn | |
286 | them off. | |
287 | ||
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288 | If you say Y here, you can disable SYN cookies at run time by |
289 | saying Y to "/proc file system support" and | |
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290 | "Sysctl support" below and executing the command |
291 | ||
57f1553e | 292 | echo 0 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_syncookies |
1da177e4 | 293 | |
57f1553e | 294 | after the /proc file system has been mounted. |
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295 | |
296 | If unsure, say N. | |
297 | ||
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298 | config NET_IPVTI |
299 | tristate "Virtual (secure) IP: tunneling" | |
300 | select INET_TUNNEL | |
f61dd388 | 301 | select NET_IP_TUNNEL |
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302 | depends on INET_XFRM_MODE_TUNNEL |
303 | ---help--- | |
304 | Tunneling means encapsulating data of one protocol type within | |
305 | another protocol and sending it over a channel that understands the | |
306 | encapsulating protocol. This can be used with xfrm mode tunnel to give | |
307 | the notion of a secure tunnel for IPSEC and then use routing protocol | |
308 | on top. | |
309 | ||
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310 | config NET_UDP_TUNNEL |
311 | tristate | |
7c5df8fa | 312 | select NET_IP_TUNNEL |
8024e028 TH |
313 | default n |
314 | ||
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315 | config NET_FOU |
316 | tristate "IP: Foo (IP protocols) over UDP" | |
317 | select XFRM | |
318 | select NET_UDP_TUNNEL | |
319 | ---help--- | |
320 | Foo over UDP allows any IP protocol to be directly encapsulated | |
321 | over UDP include tunnels (IPIP, GRE, SIT). By encapsulating in UDP | |
322 | network mechanisms and optimizations for UDP (such as ECMP | |
323 | and RSS) can be leveraged to provide better service. | |
324 | ||
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325 | config NET_FOU_IP_TUNNELS |
326 | bool "IP: FOU encapsulation of IP tunnels" | |
327 | depends on NET_IPIP || NET_IPGRE || IPV6_SIT | |
328 | select NET_FOU | |
329 | ---help--- | |
330 | Allow configuration of FOU or GUE encapsulation for IP tunnels. | |
331 | When this option is enabled IP tunnels can be configured to use | |
332 | FOU or GUE encapsulation. | |
333 | ||
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334 | config INET_AH |
335 | tristate "IP: AH transformation" | |
7e152524 | 336 | select XFRM_ALGO |
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337 | select CRYPTO |
338 | select CRYPTO_HMAC | |
339 | select CRYPTO_MD5 | |
340 | select CRYPTO_SHA1 | |
341 | ---help--- | |
342 | Support for IPsec AH. | |
343 | ||
344 | If unsure, say Y. | |
345 | ||
346 | config INET_ESP | |
347 | tristate "IP: ESP transformation" | |
7e152524 | 348 | select XFRM_ALGO |
1da177e4 | 349 | select CRYPTO |
ed58dd41 | 350 | select CRYPTO_AUTHENC |
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351 | select CRYPTO_HMAC |
352 | select CRYPTO_MD5 | |
6b7326c8 | 353 | select CRYPTO_CBC |
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354 | select CRYPTO_SHA1 |
355 | select CRYPTO_DES | |
32b6170c | 356 | select CRYPTO_ECHAINIV |
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357 | ---help--- |
358 | Support for IPsec ESP. | |
359 | ||
360 | If unsure, say Y. | |
361 | ||
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362 | config INET_ESP_OFFLOAD |
363 | tristate "IP: ESP transformation offload" | |
364 | depends on INET_ESP | |
365 | select XFRM_OFFLOAD | |
366 | default n | |
367 | ---help--- | |
368 | Support for ESP transformation offload. This makes sense | |
369 | only if this system really does IPsec and want to do it | |
370 | with high throughput. A typical desktop system does not | |
371 | need it, even if it does IPsec. | |
372 | ||
373 | If unsure, say N. | |
374 | ||
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375 | config INET_IPCOMP |
376 | tristate "IP: IPComp transformation" | |
d2acc347 | 377 | select INET_XFRM_TUNNEL |
6fccab67 | 378 | select XFRM_IPCOMP |
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379 | ---help--- |
380 | Support for IP Payload Compression Protocol (IPComp) (RFC3173), | |
381 | typically needed for IPsec. | |
a6e8f27f | 382 | |
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383 | If unsure, say Y. |
384 | ||
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385 | config INET_XFRM_TUNNEL |
386 | tristate | |
387 | select INET_TUNNEL | |
388 | default n | |
389 | ||
1da177e4 | 390 | config INET_TUNNEL |
d2acc347 HX |
391 | tristate |
392 | default n | |
1da177e4 | 393 | |
b59f45d0 HX |
394 | config INET_XFRM_MODE_TRANSPORT |
395 | tristate "IP: IPsec transport mode" | |
396 | default y | |
397 | select XFRM | |
398 | ---help--- | |
399 | Support for IPsec transport mode. | |
400 | ||
401 | If unsure, say Y. | |
402 | ||
403 | config INET_XFRM_MODE_TUNNEL | |
404 | tristate "IP: IPsec tunnel mode" | |
405 | default y | |
406 | select XFRM | |
407 | ---help--- | |
408 | Support for IPsec tunnel mode. | |
409 | ||
410 | If unsure, say Y. | |
411 | ||
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412 | config INET_XFRM_MODE_BEET |
413 | tristate "IP: IPsec BEET mode" | |
414 | default y | |
415 | select XFRM | |
416 | ---help--- | |
417 | Support for IPsec BEET mode. | |
418 | ||
419 | If unsure, say Y. | |
420 | ||
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421 | config INET_DIAG |
422 | tristate "INET: socket monitoring interface" | |
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423 | default y |
424 | ---help--- | |
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425 | Support for INET (TCP, DCCP, etc) socket monitoring interface used by |
426 | native Linux tools such as ss. ss is included in iproute2, currently | |
c996d8b9 MW |
427 | downloadable at: |
428 | ||
429 | http://www.linuxfoundation.org/collaborate/workgroups/networking/iproute2 | |
a6e8f27f | 430 | |
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431 | If unsure, say Y. |
432 | ||
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433 | config INET_TCP_DIAG |
434 | depends on INET_DIAG | |
435 | def_tristate INET_DIAG | |
436 | ||
507dd796 | 437 | config INET_UDP_DIAG |
6d62a66e | 438 | tristate "UDP: socket monitoring interface" |
6d25886e | 439 | depends on INET_DIAG && (IPV6 || IPV6=n) |
6d62a66e DM |
440 | default n |
441 | ---help--- | |
442 | Support for UDP socket monitoring interface used by the ss tool. | |
443 | If unsure, say Y. | |
507dd796 | 444 | |
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445 | config INET_RAW_DIAG |
446 | tristate "RAW: socket monitoring interface" | |
447 | depends on INET_DIAG && (IPV6 || IPV6=n) | |
448 | default n | |
449 | ---help--- | |
450 | Support for RAW socket monitoring interface used by the ss tool. | |
451 | If unsure, say Y. | |
452 | ||
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453 | config INET_DIAG_DESTROY |
454 | bool "INET: allow privileged process to administratively close sockets" | |
455 | depends on INET_DIAG | |
456 | default n | |
457 | ---help--- | |
458 | Provides a SOCK_DESTROY operation that allows privileged processes | |
459 | (e.g., a connection manager or a network administration tool such as | |
460 | ss) to close sockets opened by other processes. Closing a socket in | |
461 | this way interrupts any blocking read/write/connect operations on | |
462 | the socket and causes future socket calls to behave as if the socket | |
463 | had been disconnected. | |
464 | If unsure, say N. | |
465 | ||
3d2573f7 | 466 | menuconfig TCP_CONG_ADVANCED |
a6484045 | 467 | bool "TCP: advanced congestion control" |
a6484045 DM |
468 | ---help--- |
469 | Support for selection of various TCP congestion control | |
470 | modules. | |
471 | ||
472 | Nearly all users can safely say no here, and a safe default | |
597811ec | 473 | selection will be made (CUBIC with new Reno as a fallback). |
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474 | |
475 | If unsure, say N. | |
476 | ||
3d2573f7 | 477 | if TCP_CONG_ADVANCED |
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478 | |
479 | config TCP_CONG_BIC | |
480 | tristate "Binary Increase Congestion (BIC) control" | |
597811ec | 481 | default m |
83803034 SH |
482 | ---help--- |
483 | BIC-TCP is a sender-side only change that ensures a linear RTT | |
484 | fairness under large windows while offering both scalability and | |
485 | bounded TCP-friendliness. The protocol combines two schemes | |
486 | called additive increase and binary search increase. When the | |
487 | congestion window is large, additive increase with a large | |
488 | increment ensures linear RTT fairness as well as good | |
489 | scalability. Under small congestion windows, binary search | |
490 | increase provides TCP friendliness. | |
491 | See http://www.csc.ncsu.edu/faculty/rhee/export/bitcp/ | |
492 | ||
df3271f3 SH |
493 | config TCP_CONG_CUBIC |
494 | tristate "CUBIC TCP" | |
597811ec | 495 | default y |
df3271f3 SH |
496 | ---help--- |
497 | This is version 2.0 of BIC-TCP which uses a cubic growth function | |
498 | among other techniques. | |
499 | See http://www.csc.ncsu.edu/faculty/rhee/export/bitcp/cubic-paper.pdf | |
500 | ||
87270762 SH |
501 | config TCP_CONG_WESTWOOD |
502 | tristate "TCP Westwood+" | |
87270762 SH |
503 | default m |
504 | ---help--- | |
505 | TCP Westwood+ is a sender-side only modification of the TCP Reno | |
506 | protocol stack that optimizes the performance of TCP congestion | |
507 | control. It is based on end-to-end bandwidth estimation to set | |
508 | congestion window and slow start threshold after a congestion | |
509 | episode. Using this estimation, TCP Westwood+ adaptively sets a | |
510 | slow start threshold and a congestion window which takes into | |
511 | account the bandwidth used at the time congestion is experienced. | |
512 | TCP Westwood+ significantly increases fairness wrt TCP Reno in | |
513 | wired networks and throughput over wireless links. | |
514 | ||
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515 | config TCP_CONG_HTCP |
516 | tristate "H-TCP" | |
a7868ea6 BE |
517 | default m |
518 | ---help--- | |
519 | H-TCP is a send-side only modifications of the TCP Reno | |
520 | protocol stack that optimizes the performance of TCP | |
521 | congestion control for high speed network links. It uses a | |
522 | modeswitch to change the alpha and beta parameters of TCP Reno | |
523 | based on network conditions and in a way so as to be fair with | |
524 | other Reno and H-TCP flows. | |
525 | ||
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526 | config TCP_CONG_HSTCP |
527 | tristate "High Speed TCP" | |
a628d29b JH |
528 | default n |
529 | ---help--- | |
530 | Sally Floyd's High Speed TCP (RFC 3649) congestion control. | |
531 | A modification to TCP's congestion control mechanism for use | |
532 | with large congestion windows. A table indicates how much to | |
533 | increase the congestion window by when an ACK is received. | |
534 | For more detail see http://www.icir.org/floyd/hstcp.html | |
535 | ||
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536 | config TCP_CONG_HYBLA |
537 | tristate "TCP-Hybla congestion control algorithm" | |
835b3f0c DL |
538 | default n |
539 | ---help--- | |
540 | TCP-Hybla is a sender-side only change that eliminates penalization of | |
541 | long-RTT, large-bandwidth connections, like when satellite legs are | |
44c09201 | 542 | involved, especially when sharing a common bottleneck with normal |
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543 | terrestrial connections. |
544 | ||
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545 | config TCP_CONG_VEGAS |
546 | tristate "TCP Vegas" | |
b87d8561 SH |
547 | default n |
548 | ---help--- | |
549 | TCP Vegas is a sender-side only change to TCP that anticipates | |
550 | the onset of congestion by estimating the bandwidth. TCP Vegas | |
551 | adjusts the sending rate by modifying the congestion | |
552 | window. TCP Vegas should provide less packet loss, but it is | |
553 | not as aggressive as TCP Reno. | |
554 | ||
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555 | config TCP_CONG_NV |
556 | tristate "TCP NV" | |
557 | default n | |
558 | ---help--- | |
559 | TCP NV is a follow up to TCP Vegas. It has been modified to deal with | |
560 | 10G networks, measurement noise introduced by LRO, GRO and interrupt | |
561 | coalescence. In addition, it will decrease its cwnd multiplicatively | |
562 | instead of linearly. | |
563 | ||
564 | Note that in general congestion avoidance (cwnd decreased when # packets | |
565 | queued grows) cannot coexist with congestion control (cwnd decreased only | |
566 | when there is packet loss) due to fairness issues. One scenario when they | |
567 | can coexist safely is when the CA flows have RTTs << CC flows RTTs. | |
568 | ||
569 | For further details see http://www.brakmo.org/networking/tcp-nv/ | |
570 | ||
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571 | config TCP_CONG_SCALABLE |
572 | tristate "Scalable TCP" | |
0e57976b JH |
573 | default n |
574 | ---help--- | |
575 | Scalable TCP is a sender-side only change to TCP which uses a | |
576 | MIMD congestion control algorithm which has some nice scaling | |
577 | properties, though is known to have fairness issues. | |
f4b9479d | 578 | See http://www.deneholme.net/tom/scalable/ |
a7868ea6 | 579 | |
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580 | config TCP_CONG_LP |
581 | tristate "TCP Low Priority" | |
7c106d7e WHSE |
582 | default n |
583 | ---help--- | |
584 | TCP Low Priority (TCP-LP), a distributed algorithm whose goal is | |
cab00891 | 585 | to utilize only the excess network bandwidth as compared to the |
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586 | ``fair share`` of bandwidth as targeted by TCP. |
587 | See http://www-ece.rice.edu/networks/TCP-LP/ | |
588 | ||
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589 | config TCP_CONG_VENO |
590 | tristate "TCP Veno" | |
76f10177 BZ |
591 | default n |
592 | ---help--- | |
593 | TCP Veno is a sender-side only enhancement of TCP to obtain better | |
594 | throughput over wireless networks. TCP Veno makes use of state | |
595 | distinguishing to circumvent the difficult judgment of the packet loss | |
596 | type. TCP Veno cuts down less congestion window in response to random | |
597 | loss packets. | |
631dd1a8 | 598 | See <http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/freeabs_all.jsp?arnumber=1177186> |
76f10177 | 599 | |
5ef81475 AC |
600 | config TCP_CONG_YEAH |
601 | tristate "YeAH TCP" | |
2ff011ef | 602 | select TCP_CONG_VEGAS |
5ef81475 AC |
603 | default n |
604 | ---help--- | |
605 | YeAH-TCP is a sender-side high-speed enabled TCP congestion control | |
606 | algorithm, which uses a mixed loss/delay approach to compute the | |
607 | congestion window. It's design goals target high efficiency, | |
608 | internal, RTT and Reno fairness, resilience to link loss while | |
609 | keeping network elements load as low as possible. | |
610 | ||
611 | For further details look here: | |
612 | http://wil.cs.caltech.edu/pfldnet2007/paper/YeAH_TCP.pdf | |
613 | ||
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614 | config TCP_CONG_ILLINOIS |
615 | tristate "TCP Illinois" | |
c462238d SH |
616 | default n |
617 | ---help--- | |
01dd2fbf | 618 | TCP-Illinois is a sender-side modification of TCP Reno for |
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619 | high speed long delay links. It uses round-trip-time to |
620 | adjust the alpha and beta parameters to achieve a higher average | |
621 | throughput and maintain fairness. | |
622 | ||
623 | For further details see: | |
624 | http://www.ews.uiuc.edu/~shaoliu/tcpillinois/index.html | |
625 | ||
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626 | config TCP_CONG_DCTCP |
627 | tristate "DataCenter TCP (DCTCP)" | |
628 | default n | |
629 | ---help--- | |
630 | DCTCP leverages Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN) in the network to | |
631 | provide multi-bit feedback to the end hosts. It is designed to provide: | |
632 | ||
633 | - High burst tolerance (incast due to partition/aggregate), | |
634 | - Low latency (short flows, queries), | |
635 | - High throughput (continuous data updates, large file transfers) with | |
636 | commodity, shallow-buffered switches. | |
637 | ||
638 | All switches in the data center network running DCTCP must support | |
639 | ECN marking and be configured for marking when reaching defined switch | |
640 | buffer thresholds. The default ECN marking threshold heuristic for | |
641 | DCTCP on switches is 20 packets (30KB) at 1Gbps, and 65 packets | |
642 | (~100KB) at 10Gbps, but might need further careful tweaking. | |
643 | ||
644 | For further details see: | |
645 | http://simula.stanford.edu/~alizade/Site/DCTCP_files/dctcp-final.pdf | |
646 | ||
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647 | config TCP_CONG_CDG |
648 | tristate "CAIA Delay-Gradient (CDG)" | |
649 | default n | |
650 | ---help--- | |
651 | CAIA Delay-Gradient (CDG) is a TCP congestion control that modifies | |
652 | the TCP sender in order to: | |
653 | ||
654 | o Use the delay gradient as a congestion signal. | |
655 | o Back off with an average probability that is independent of the RTT. | |
656 | o Coexist with flows that use loss-based congestion control. | |
657 | o Tolerate packet loss unrelated to congestion. | |
658 | ||
659 | For further details see: | |
660 | D.A. Hayes and G. Armitage. "Revisiting TCP congestion control using | |
661 | delay gradients." In Networking 2011. Preprint: http://goo.gl/No3vdg | |
662 | ||
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663 | config TCP_CONG_BBR |
664 | tristate "BBR TCP" | |
665 | default n | |
666 | ---help--- | |
667 | ||
668 | BBR (Bottleneck Bandwidth and RTT) TCP congestion control aims to | |
669 | maximize network utilization and minimize queues. It builds an explicit | |
670 | model of the the bottleneck delivery rate and path round-trip | |
671 | propagation delay. It tolerates packet loss and delay unrelated to | |
672 | congestion. It can operate over LAN, WAN, cellular, wifi, or cable | |
673 | modem links. It can coexist with flows that use loss-based congestion | |
674 | control, and can operate with shallow buffers, deep buffers, | |
675 | bufferbloat, policers, or AQM schemes that do not provide a delay | |
676 | signal. It requires the fq ("Fair Queue") pacing packet scheduler. | |
677 | ||
3d2573f7 SH |
678 | choice |
679 | prompt "Default TCP congestion control" | |
597811ec | 680 | default DEFAULT_CUBIC |
3d2573f7 SH |
681 | help |
682 | Select the TCP congestion control that will be used by default | |
683 | for all connections. | |
684 | ||
685 | config DEFAULT_BIC | |
686 | bool "Bic" if TCP_CONG_BIC=y | |
687 | ||
688 | config DEFAULT_CUBIC | |
689 | bool "Cubic" if TCP_CONG_CUBIC=y | |
690 | ||
691 | config DEFAULT_HTCP | |
692 | bool "Htcp" if TCP_CONG_HTCP=y | |
693 | ||
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694 | config DEFAULT_HYBLA |
695 | bool "Hybla" if TCP_CONG_HYBLA=y | |
696 | ||
3d2573f7 SH |
697 | config DEFAULT_VEGAS |
698 | bool "Vegas" if TCP_CONG_VEGAS=y | |
699 | ||
6ce1a6df JE |
700 | config DEFAULT_VENO |
701 | bool "Veno" if TCP_CONG_VENO=y | |
702 | ||
3d2573f7 SH |
703 | config DEFAULT_WESTWOOD |
704 | bool "Westwood" if TCP_CONG_WESTWOOD=y | |
705 | ||
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706 | config DEFAULT_DCTCP |
707 | bool "DCTCP" if TCP_CONG_DCTCP=y | |
708 | ||
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709 | config DEFAULT_CDG |
710 | bool "CDG" if TCP_CONG_CDG=y | |
711 | ||
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712 | config DEFAULT_BBR |
713 | bool "BBR" if TCP_CONG_BBR=y | |
714 | ||
3d2573f7 SH |
715 | config DEFAULT_RENO |
716 | bool "Reno" | |
3d2573f7 SH |
717 | endchoice |
718 | ||
719 | endif | |
83803034 | 720 | |
597811ec | 721 | config TCP_CONG_CUBIC |
6c360767 | 722 | tristate |
a6484045 DM |
723 | depends on !TCP_CONG_ADVANCED |
724 | default y | |
725 | ||
3d2573f7 SH |
726 | config DEFAULT_TCP_CONG |
727 | string | |
728 | default "bic" if DEFAULT_BIC | |
729 | default "cubic" if DEFAULT_CUBIC | |
730 | default "htcp" if DEFAULT_HTCP | |
dd2acaa7 | 731 | default "hybla" if DEFAULT_HYBLA |
3d2573f7 SH |
732 | default "vegas" if DEFAULT_VEGAS |
733 | default "westwood" if DEFAULT_WESTWOOD | |
6ce1a6df | 734 | default "veno" if DEFAULT_VENO |
3d2573f7 | 735 | default "reno" if DEFAULT_RENO |
e3118e83 | 736 | default "dctcp" if DEFAULT_DCTCP |
2b0a8c9e | 737 | default "cdg" if DEFAULT_CDG |
4df21dfc | 738 | default "bbr" if DEFAULT_BBR |
597811ec | 739 | default "cubic" |
3d2573f7 | 740 | |
cfb6eeb4 | 741 | config TCP_MD5SIG |
44fbe920 | 742 | bool "TCP: MD5 Signature Option support (RFC2385)" |
cfb6eeb4 YH |
743 | select CRYPTO |
744 | select CRYPTO_MD5 | |
745 | ---help--- | |
3dde6ad8 | 746 | RFC2385 specifies a method of giving MD5 protection to TCP sessions. |
cfb6eeb4 YH |
747 | Its main (only?) use is to protect BGP sessions between core routers |
748 | on the Internet. | |
749 | ||
750 | If unsure, say N. |