Ruslan Ermilov wrote: > > On Tue, Dec 30, 2003 at 01:25:25AM +0000, Bruce M Simpson wrote: > > On Sun, Dec 28, 2003 at 02:15:11PM -0800, afshin wrote: > > > Is any source routing facility available in FreeBSD ? > > > > I think you mean policy routing. It is on the wishlist for 5.3. > > > What is missing in ipfw(8) and its ``fwd'' option from being a > successful implementation of policy routing?
In the technical sense it is. For larger systems you want automatic configuration from a routing daemon. ipfw also has its limits when it comes to a large number of prefixes which are changing all the time. -- Andre > - by using the match probability feature, you can implement > the equal-access routing; > > - by checking the source IP adress, you can implement > the source-sensitive routing; > > - by checking the IP TOS field, you can implement the > quality-of-service routing; > > - etc. > > Cheers, > -- > Ruslan Ermilov > FreeBSD committer > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Part 1.2Type: application/pgp-signature _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
