[1655] in linux-net channel archive
Re: Multiple IP routing domains ?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Alan Cox)
Mon Jan 22 08:54:20 1996
From: alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk (Alan Cox)
To: smurf@smurf.noris.de (Matthias Urlichs)
Date: Sun, 21 Jan 1996 02:15:29 +0000 (GMT)
Cc: linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu
In-Reply-To: <m0tYAzM-0007SqC@noris.net> from "Matthias Urlichs" at Jan 5, 96 01:11:16 pm
> A client has a problem: They're an ISP and connect their customers to more
> than one provider.
Been there, did that with tunneling, but it would be nice to do it properly.
> Solution 2: Hack Linux networking to support more than one IP forwarding
> table. Obviously I want to do this cleanly... first idea:
Keep one table and include source matching and an RTF_SOURCE flag... if you
keep the struct route ordered the same you wont break anything adding it.
> - Within the kernel, the interface a packet comes in on determines which
> routing table to use for forwarding.
Aghh.. not always. Suppose I want to route by security level, by precedence
or by port ?
> Ideas, anyone? Does anybody else need a feature like that?
Be nice, but I've 0 time for adding it.
Alan
