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Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2009 23:56:01 -0800 (PST) From: David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> To: herbert@...dor.apana.org.au Cc: shemminger@...tta.com, hawk@...u.dk, netdev@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] ip: add loose reverse path filtering From: Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au> Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2009 21:09:07 +0800 > Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com> wrote: > > Extend existing reverse path filter option to allow strict or loose > > filtering. (See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reverse_path_filtering). > > > > For compatibility with existing usage, the value 1 is chosen for strict mode > > and 2 for loose mode. > > > > Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com> > > Rather than extending the rp_filter stuff any further, I'd prefer > to see this replaced with netfilter plugin. Normally I would agree, but in this case the cost is exactly zero for the added flexibility. So I'll apply this to net-next-2.6 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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