netdev - Re: [iproute2] tc action mirred question

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Message-Id: <1252792141.25158.68.camel@dogo.mojatatu.com>
Date:	Sat, 12 Sep 2009 17:49:01 -0400
From:	jamal <hadi@...erus.ca>
To:	Xiaofei Wu <xiaofei_wu08@...oo.com>
Cc:	linux netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [iproute2] tc action mirred    question

On Sat, 2009-09-12 at 09:01 -0700, Xiaofei Wu wrote:

> I can mirror the packets (A -> B) to D. Node D forwards them to C.
> Sometimes the same packets through the path A-B-C, A-D-C are not lost. Node C will receive the
> same packets twice. How to handle the duplicate packet on node C ?
> 
> Maybe the duplicate packets have side effects to TCP.
> 

I will leave this to you. This is where you go and do interesting
things, publish your results and maybe write a paper.
I dont think its a big deal to receive duplicate packets.

cheers,
jamal


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