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ec8f24b7 1# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
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2#
3# IP configuration
4#
5config IP_MULTICAST
6 bool "IP: multicasting"
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7 help
8 This is code for addressing several networked computers at once,
9 enlarging your kernel by about 2 KB. You need multicasting if you
10 intend to participate in the MBONE, a high bandwidth network on top
11 of the Internet which carries audio and video broadcasts. More
12 information about the MBONE is on the WWW at
7a6498eb 13 <https://www.savetz.com/mbone/>. For most people, it's safe to say N.
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14
15config IP_ADVANCED_ROUTER
16 bool "IP: advanced router"
a7f7f624 17 help
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18 If you intend to run your Linux box mostly as a router, i.e. as a
19 computer that forwards and redistributes network packets, say Y; you
20 will then be presented with several options that allow more precise
21 control about the routing process.
22
23 The answer to this question won't directly affect the kernel:
24 answering N will just cause the configurator to skip all the
25 questions about advanced routing.
26
27 Note that your box can only act as a router if you enable IP
28 forwarding in your kernel; you can do that by saying Y to "/proc
29 file system support" and "Sysctl support" below and executing the
30 line
31
32 echo "1" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward
33
34 at boot time after the /proc file system has been mounted.
35
b2cc46a8 36 If you turn on IP forwarding, you should consider the rp_filter, which
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37 automatically rejects incoming packets if the routing table entry
38 for their source address doesn't match the network interface they're
39 arriving on. This has security advantages because it prevents the
40 so-called IP spoofing, however it can pose problems if you use
41 asymmetric routing (packets from you to a host take a different path
42 than packets from that host to you) or if you operate a non-routing
43 host which has several IP addresses on different interfaces. To turn
d7394372 44 rp_filter on use:
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d7394372 46 echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/<device>/rp_filter
750e9fad 47 or
d7394372 48 echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/all/rp_filter
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b2cc46a8 50 Note that some distributions enable it in startup scripts.
d18921a0 51 For details about rp_filter strict and loose mode read
1cec2cac 52 <file:Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst>.
b2cc46a8 53
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54 If unsure, say N here.
55
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56config IP_FIB_TRIE_STATS
57 bool "FIB TRIE statistics"
3630b7c0 58 depends on IP_ADVANCED_ROUTER
a7f7f624 59 help
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60 Keep track of statistics on structure of FIB TRIE table.
61 Useful for testing and measuring TRIE performance.
62
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63config IP_MULTIPLE_TABLES
64 bool "IP: policy routing"
65 depends on IP_ADVANCED_ROUTER
e1ef4bf2 66 select FIB_RULES
a7f7f624 67 help
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68 Normally, a router decides what to do with a received packet based
69 solely on the packet's final destination address. If you say Y here,
70 the Linux router will also be able to take the packet's source
71 address into account. Furthermore, the TOS (Type-Of-Service) field
72 of the packet can be used for routing decisions as well.
73
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74 If you need more information, see the Linux Advanced
75 Routing and Traffic Control documentation at
7a6498eb 76 <https://lartc.org/howto/lartc.rpdb.html>
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77
78 If unsure, say N.
79
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80config IP_ROUTE_MULTIPATH
81 bool "IP: equal cost multipath"
82 depends on IP_ADVANCED_ROUTER
83 help
84 Normally, the routing tables specify a single action to be taken in
85 a deterministic manner for a given packet. If you say Y here
86 however, it becomes possible to attach several actions to a packet
87 pattern, in effect specifying several alternative paths to travel
88 for those packets. The router considers all these paths to be of
89 equal "cost" and chooses one of them in a non-deterministic fashion
90 if a matching packet arrives.
91
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92config IP_ROUTE_VERBOSE
93 bool "IP: verbose route monitoring"
94 depends on IP_ADVANCED_ROUTER
95 help
96 If you say Y here, which is recommended, then the kernel will print
97 verbose messages regarding the routing, for example warnings about
98 received packets which look strange and could be evidence of an
99 attack or a misconfigured system somewhere. The information is
100 handled by the klogd daemon which is responsible for kernel messages
101 ("man klogd").
102
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103config IP_ROUTE_CLASSID
104 bool
105
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106config IP_PNP
107 bool "IP: kernel level autoconfiguration"
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108 help
109 This enables automatic configuration of IP addresses of devices and
110 of the routing table during kernel boot, based on either information
111 supplied on the kernel command line or by BOOTP or RARP protocols.
112 You need to say Y only for diskless machines requiring network
113 access to boot (in which case you want to say Y to "Root file system
114 on NFS" as well), because all other machines configure the network
115 in their startup scripts.
116
117config IP_PNP_DHCP
118 bool "IP: DHCP support"
119 depends on IP_PNP
a7f7f624 120 help
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121 If you want your Linux box to mount its whole root file system (the
122 one containing the directory /) from some other computer over the
123 net via NFS and you want the IP address of your computer to be
124 discovered automatically at boot time using the DHCP protocol (a
125 special protocol designed for doing this job), say Y here. In case
126 the boot ROM of your network card was designed for booting Linux and
127 does DHCP itself, providing all necessary information on the kernel
128 command line, you can say N here.
129
130 If unsure, say Y. Note that if you want to use DHCP, a DHCP server
131 must be operating on your network. Read
3eb30c51 132 <file:Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/nfsroot.rst> for details.
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134config IP_PNP_BOOTP
135 bool "IP: BOOTP support"
136 depends on IP_PNP
a7f7f624 137 help
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138 If you want your Linux box to mount its whole root file system (the
139 one containing the directory /) from some other computer over the
140 net via NFS and you want the IP address of your computer to be
141 discovered automatically at boot time using the BOOTP protocol (a
142 special protocol designed for doing this job), say Y here. In case
143 the boot ROM of your network card was designed for booting Linux and
144 does BOOTP itself, providing all necessary information on the kernel
145 command line, you can say N here. If unsure, say Y. Note that if you
146 want to use BOOTP, a BOOTP server must be operating on your network.
3eb30c51 147 Read <file:Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/nfsroot.rst> for details.
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148
149config IP_PNP_RARP
150 bool "IP: RARP support"
151 depends on IP_PNP
152 help
153 If you want your Linux box to mount its whole root file system (the
154 one containing the directory /) from some other computer over the
155 net via NFS and you want the IP address of your computer to be
156 discovered automatically at boot time using the RARP protocol (an
157 older protocol which is being obsoleted by BOOTP and DHCP), say Y
158 here. Note that if you want to use RARP, a RARP server must be
6ded55da 159 operating on your network. Read
3eb30c51 160 <file:Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/nfsroot.rst> for details.
1da177e4 161
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162config NET_IPIP
163 tristate "IP: tunneling"
d2acc347 164 select INET_TUNNEL
fd58156e 165 select NET_IP_TUNNEL
a7f7f624 166 help
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167 Tunneling means encapsulating data of one protocol type within
168 another protocol and sending it over a channel that understands the
169 encapsulating protocol. This particular tunneling driver implements
170 encapsulation of IP within IP, which sounds kind of pointless, but
171 can be useful if you want to make your (or some other) machine
172 appear on a different network than it physically is, or to use
173 mobile-IP facilities (allowing laptops to seamlessly move between
174 networks without changing their IP addresses).
175
176 Saying Y to this option will produce two modules ( = code which can
177 be inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you
178 want). Most people won't need this and can say N.
179
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180config NET_IPGRE_DEMUX
181 tristate "IP: GRE demultiplexer"
182 help
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183 This is helper module to demultiplex GRE packets on GRE version field criteria.
184 Required by ip_gre and pptp modules.
00959ade 185
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186config NET_IP_TUNNEL
187 tristate
e09acddf 188 select DST_CACHE
97e219b7 189 select GRO_CELLS
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190 default n
191
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192config NET_IPGRE
193 tristate "IP: GRE tunnels over IP"
21a180cd 194 depends on (IPV6 || IPV6=n) && NET_IPGRE_DEMUX
c5441932 195 select NET_IP_TUNNEL
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196 help
197 Tunneling means encapsulating data of one protocol type within
198 another protocol and sending it over a channel that understands the
199 encapsulating protocol. This particular tunneling driver implements
200 GRE (Generic Routing Encapsulation) and at this time allows
201 encapsulating of IPv4 or IPv6 over existing IPv4 infrastructure.
202 This driver is useful if the other endpoint is a Cisco router: Cisco
203 likes GRE much better than the other Linux tunneling driver ("IP
204 tunneling" above). In addition, GRE allows multicast redistribution
205 through the tunnel.
206
207config NET_IPGRE_BROADCAST
208 bool "IP: broadcast GRE over IP"
209 depends on IP_MULTICAST && NET_IPGRE
210 help
211 One application of GRE/IP is to construct a broadcast WAN (Wide Area
212 Network), which looks like a normal Ethernet LAN (Local Area
213 Network), but can be distributed all over the Internet. If you want
214 to do that, say Y here and to "IP multicast routing" below.
215
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216config IP_MROUTE_COMMON
217 bool
218 depends on IP_MROUTE || IPV6_MROUTE
219
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220config IP_MROUTE
221 bool "IP: multicast routing"
222 depends on IP_MULTICAST
6853f21f 223 select IP_MROUTE_COMMON
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224 help
225 This is used if you want your machine to act as a router for IP
226 packets that have several destination addresses. It is needed on the
227 MBONE, a high bandwidth network on top of the Internet which carries
228 audio and video broadcasts. In order to do that, you would most
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229 likely run the program mrouted. If you haven't heard about it, you
230 don't need it.
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232config IP_MROUTE_MULTIPLE_TABLES
233 bool "IP: multicast policy routing"
66496d49 234 depends on IP_MROUTE && IP_ADVANCED_ROUTER
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235 select FIB_RULES
236 help
237 Normally, a multicast router runs a userspace daemon and decides
238 what to do with a multicast packet based on the source and
239 destination addresses. If you say Y here, the multicast router
240 will also be able to take interfaces and packet marks into
241 account and run multiple instances of userspace daemons
242 simultaneously, each one handling a single table.
243
244 If unsure, say N.
245
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246config IP_PIMSM_V1
247 bool "IP: PIM-SM version 1 support"
248 depends on IP_MROUTE
249 help
250 Kernel side support for Sparse Mode PIM (Protocol Independent
251 Multicast) version 1. This multicast routing protocol is used widely
252 because Cisco supports it. You need special software to use it
253 (pimd-v1). Please see <http://netweb.usc.edu/pim/> for more
254 information about PIM.
255
256 Say Y if you want to use PIM-SM v1. Note that you can say N here if
257 you just want to use Dense Mode PIM.
258
259config IP_PIMSM_V2
260 bool "IP: PIM-SM version 2 support"
261 depends on IP_MROUTE
262 help
263 Kernel side support for Sparse Mode PIM version 2. In order to use
264 this, you need an experimental routing daemon supporting it (pimd or
265 gated-5). This routing protocol is not used widely, so say N unless
266 you want to play with it.
267
1da177e4 268config SYN_COOKIES
57f1553e 269 bool "IP: TCP syncookie support"
a7f7f624 270 help
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271 Normal TCP/IP networking is open to an attack known as "SYN
272 flooding". This denial-of-service attack prevents legitimate remote
273 users from being able to connect to your computer during an ongoing
274 attack and requires very little work from the attacker, who can
275 operate from anywhere on the Internet.
276
277 SYN cookies provide protection against this type of attack. If you
278 say Y here, the TCP/IP stack will use a cryptographic challenge
279 protocol known as "SYN cookies" to enable legitimate users to
280 continue to connect, even when your machine is under attack. There
281 is no need for the legitimate users to change their TCP/IP software;
282 SYN cookies work transparently to them. For technical information
7a6498eb 283 about SYN cookies, check out <https://cr.yp.to/syncookies.html>.
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284
285 If you are SYN flooded, the source address reported by the kernel is
286 likely to have been forged by the attacker; it is only reported as
287 an aid in tracing the packets to their actual source and should not
288 be taken as absolute truth.
289
290 SYN cookies may prevent correct error reporting on clients when the
291 server is really overloaded. If this happens frequently better turn
292 them off.
293
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294 If you say Y here, you can disable SYN cookies at run time by
295 saying Y to "/proc file system support" and
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296 "Sysctl support" below and executing the command
297
57f1553e 298 echo 0 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_syncookies
1da177e4 299
57f1553e 300 after the /proc file system has been mounted.
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302 If unsure, say N.
303
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304config NET_IPVTI
305 tristate "Virtual (secure) IP: tunneling"
f1ed1026 306 depends on IPV6 || IPV6=n
1181412c 307 select INET_TUNNEL
f61dd388 308 select NET_IP_TUNNEL
4c145dce 309 select XFRM
a7f7f624 310 help
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311 Tunneling means encapsulating data of one protocol type within
312 another protocol and sending it over a channel that understands the
313 encapsulating protocol. This can be used with xfrm mode tunnel to give
314 the notion of a secure tunnel for IPSEC and then use routing protocol
315 on top.
316
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317config NET_UDP_TUNNEL
318 tristate
7c5df8fa 319 select NET_IP_TUNNEL
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320 default n
321
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322config NET_FOU
323 tristate "IP: Foo (IP protocols) over UDP"
324 select XFRM
325 select NET_UDP_TUNNEL
a7f7f624 326 help
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327 Foo over UDP allows any IP protocol to be directly encapsulated
328 over UDP include tunnels (IPIP, GRE, SIT). By encapsulating in UDP
329 network mechanisms and optimizations for UDP (such as ECMP
330 and RSS) can be leveraged to provide better service.
331
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332config NET_FOU_IP_TUNNELS
333 bool "IP: FOU encapsulation of IP tunnels"
334 depends on NET_IPIP || NET_IPGRE || IPV6_SIT
335 select NET_FOU
a7f7f624 336 help
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337 Allow configuration of FOU or GUE encapsulation for IP tunnels.
338 When this option is enabled IP tunnels can be configured to use
339 FOU or GUE encapsulation.
340
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341config INET_AH
342 tristate "IP: AH transformation"
7d4e3919 343 select XFRM_AH
a7f7f624 344 help
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345 Support for IPsec AH (Authentication Header).
346
347 AH can be used with various authentication algorithms. Besides
348 enabling AH support itself, this option enables the generic
349 implementations of the algorithms that RFC 8221 lists as MUST be
350 implemented. If you need any other algorithms, you'll need to enable
351 them in the crypto API. You should also enable accelerated
352 implementations of any needed algorithms when available.
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353
354 If unsure, say Y.
355
356config INET_ESP
357 tristate "IP: ESP transformation"
7d4e3919 358 select XFRM_ESP
a7f7f624 359 help
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360 Support for IPsec ESP (Encapsulating Security Payload).
361
362 ESP can be used with various encryption and authentication algorithms.
363 Besides enabling ESP support itself, this option enables the generic
364 implementations of the algorithms that RFC 8221 lists as MUST be
365 implemented. If you need any other algorithms, you'll need to enable
366 them in the crypto API. You should also enable accelerated
367 implementations of any needed algorithms when available.
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368
369 If unsure, say Y.
370
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371config INET_ESP_OFFLOAD
372 tristate "IP: ESP transformation offload"
373 depends on INET_ESP
374 select XFRM_OFFLOAD
375 default n
a7f7f624 376 help
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377 Support for ESP transformation offload. This makes sense
378 only if this system really does IPsec and want to do it
379 with high throughput. A typical desktop system does not
380 need it, even if it does IPsec.
381
382 If unsure, say N.
383
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384config INET_ESPINTCP
385 bool "IP: ESP in TCP encapsulation (RFC 8229)"
386 depends on XFRM && INET_ESP
387 select STREAM_PARSER
388 select NET_SOCK_MSG
26333c37 389 select XFRM_ESPINTCP
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390 help
391 Support for RFC 8229 encapsulation of ESP and IKE over
392 TCP/IPv4 sockets.
393
394 If unsure, say N.
395
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396config INET_IPCOMP
397 tristate "IP: IPComp transformation"
d2acc347 398 select INET_XFRM_TUNNEL
6fccab67 399 select XFRM_IPCOMP
a7f7f624 400 help
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401 Support for IP Payload Compression Protocol (IPComp) (RFC3173),
402 typically needed for IPsec.
a6e8f27f 403
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404 If unsure, say Y.
405
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406config INET_XFRM_TUNNEL
407 tristate
408 select INET_TUNNEL
409 default n
410
1da177e4 411config INET_TUNNEL
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412 tristate
413 default n
1da177e4 414
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415config INET_DIAG
416 tristate "INET: socket monitoring interface"
1da177e4 417 default y
a7f7f624 418 help
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419 Support for INET (TCP, DCCP, etc) socket monitoring interface used by
420 native Linux tools such as ss. ss is included in iproute2, currently
c996d8b9 421 downloadable at:
e446a276 422
c996d8b9 423 http://www.linuxfoundation.org/collaborate/workgroups/networking/iproute2
a6e8f27f 424
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425 If unsure, say Y.
426
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427config INET_TCP_DIAG
428 depends on INET_DIAG
429 def_tristate INET_DIAG
430
507dd796 431config INET_UDP_DIAG
6d62a66e 432 tristate "UDP: socket monitoring interface"
6d25886e 433 depends on INET_DIAG && (IPV6 || IPV6=n)
6d62a66e 434 default n
a7f7f624 435 help
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436 Support for UDP socket monitoring interface used by the ss tool.
437 If unsure, say Y.
507dd796 438
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439config INET_RAW_DIAG
440 tristate "RAW: socket monitoring interface"
441 depends on INET_DIAG && (IPV6 || IPV6=n)
442 default n
a7f7f624 443 help
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444 Support for RAW socket monitoring interface used by the ss tool.
445 If unsure, say Y.
446
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447config INET_DIAG_DESTROY
448 bool "INET: allow privileged process to administratively close sockets"
449 depends on INET_DIAG
450 default n
a7f7f624 451 help
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452 Provides a SOCK_DESTROY operation that allows privileged processes
453 (e.g., a connection manager or a network administration tool such as
454 ss) to close sockets opened by other processes. Closing a socket in
455 this way interrupts any blocking read/write/connect operations on
456 the socket and causes future socket calls to behave as if the socket
457 had been disconnected.
458 If unsure, say N.
459
3d2573f7 460menuconfig TCP_CONG_ADVANCED
a6484045 461 bool "TCP: advanced congestion control"
a7f7f624 462 help
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463 Support for selection of various TCP congestion control
464 modules.
465
466 Nearly all users can safely say no here, and a safe default
597811ec 467 selection will be made (CUBIC with new Reno as a fallback).
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469 If unsure, say N.
470
3d2573f7 471if TCP_CONG_ADVANCED
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473config TCP_CONG_BIC
474 tristate "Binary Increase Congestion (BIC) control"
597811ec 475 default m
a7f7f624 476 help
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477 BIC-TCP is a sender-side only change that ensures a linear RTT
478 fairness under large windows while offering both scalability and
479 bounded TCP-friendliness. The protocol combines two schemes
480 called additive increase and binary search increase. When the
481 congestion window is large, additive increase with a large
482 increment ensures linear RTT fairness as well as good
483 scalability. Under small congestion windows, binary search
484 increase provides TCP friendliness.
485 See http://www.csc.ncsu.edu/faculty/rhee/export/bitcp/
83803034 486
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487config TCP_CONG_CUBIC
488 tristate "CUBIC TCP"
597811ec 489 default y
a7f7f624 490 help
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491 This is version 2.0 of BIC-TCP which uses a cubic growth function
492 among other techniques.
493 See http://www.csc.ncsu.edu/faculty/rhee/export/bitcp/cubic-paper.pdf
df3271f3 494
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495config TCP_CONG_WESTWOOD
496 tristate "TCP Westwood+"
87270762 497 default m
a7f7f624 498 help
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499 TCP Westwood+ is a sender-side only modification of the TCP Reno
500 protocol stack that optimizes the performance of TCP congestion
501 control. It is based on end-to-end bandwidth estimation to set
502 congestion window and slow start threshold after a congestion
503 episode. Using this estimation, TCP Westwood+ adaptively sets a
504 slow start threshold and a congestion window which takes into
505 account the bandwidth used at the time congestion is experienced.
506 TCP Westwood+ significantly increases fairness wrt TCP Reno in
507 wired networks and throughput over wireless links.
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a7868ea6 509config TCP_CONG_HTCP
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510 tristate "H-TCP"
511 default m
a7f7f624 512 help
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513 H-TCP is a send-side only modifications of the TCP Reno
514 protocol stack that optimizes the performance of TCP
515 congestion control for high speed network links. It uses a
516 modeswitch to change the alpha and beta parameters of TCP Reno
517 based on network conditions and in a way so as to be fair with
518 other Reno and H-TCP flows.
a7868ea6 519
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520config TCP_CONG_HSTCP
521 tristate "High Speed TCP"
a628d29b 522 default n
a7f7f624 523 help
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524 Sally Floyd's High Speed TCP (RFC 3649) congestion control.
525 A modification to TCP's congestion control mechanism for use
526 with large congestion windows. A table indicates how much to
527 increase the congestion window by when an ACK is received.
7a6498eb 528 For more detail see https://www.icir.org/floyd/hstcp.html
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530config TCP_CONG_HYBLA
531 tristate "TCP-Hybla congestion control algorithm"
835b3f0c 532 default n
a7f7f624 533 help
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534 TCP-Hybla is a sender-side only change that eliminates penalization of
535 long-RTT, large-bandwidth connections, like when satellite legs are
536 involved, especially when sharing a common bottleneck with normal
537 terrestrial connections.
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539config TCP_CONG_VEGAS
540 tristate "TCP Vegas"
b87d8561 541 default n
a7f7f624 542 help
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543 TCP Vegas is a sender-side only change to TCP that anticipates
544 the onset of congestion by estimating the bandwidth. TCP Vegas
545 adjusts the sending rate by modifying the congestion
546 window. TCP Vegas should provide less packet loss, but it is
547 not as aggressive as TCP Reno.
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699fafaf 549config TCP_CONG_NV
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550 tristate "TCP NV"
551 default n
a7f7f624 552 help
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553 TCP NV is a follow up to TCP Vegas. It has been modified to deal with
554 10G networks, measurement noise introduced by LRO, GRO and interrupt
555 coalescence. In addition, it will decrease its cwnd multiplicatively
556 instead of linearly.
699fafaf 557
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558 Note that in general congestion avoidance (cwnd decreased when # packets
559 queued grows) cannot coexist with congestion control (cwnd decreased only
560 when there is packet loss) due to fairness issues. One scenario when they
561 can coexist safely is when the CA flows have RTTs << CC flows RTTs.
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43da1411 563 For further details see http://www.brakmo.org/networking/tcp-nv/
699fafaf 564
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565config TCP_CONG_SCALABLE
566 tristate "Scalable TCP"
0e57976b 567 default n
a7f7f624 568 help
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569 Scalable TCP is a sender-side only change to TCP which uses a
570 MIMD congestion control algorithm which has some nice scaling
571 properties, though is known to have fairness issues.
572 See http://www.deneholme.net/tom/scalable/
a7868ea6 573
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574config TCP_CONG_LP
575 tristate "TCP Low Priority"
7c106d7e 576 default n
a7f7f624 577 help
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578 TCP Low Priority (TCP-LP), a distributed algorithm whose goal is
579 to utilize only the excess network bandwidth as compared to the
580 ``fair share`` of bandwidth as targeted by TCP.
581 See http://www-ece.rice.edu/networks/TCP-LP/
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583config TCP_CONG_VENO
584 tristate "TCP Veno"
76f10177 585 default n
a7f7f624 586 help
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587 TCP Veno is a sender-side only enhancement of TCP to obtain better
588 throughput over wireless networks. TCP Veno makes use of state
589 distinguishing to circumvent the difficult judgment of the packet loss
590 type. TCP Veno cuts down less congestion window in response to random
591 loss packets.
592 See <http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/freeabs_all.jsp?arnumber=1177186>
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594config TCP_CONG_YEAH
595 tristate "YeAH TCP"
2ff011ef 596 select TCP_CONG_VEGAS
5ef81475 597 default n
a7f7f624 598 help
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599 YeAH-TCP is a sender-side high-speed enabled TCP congestion control
600 algorithm, which uses a mixed loss/delay approach to compute the
601 congestion window. It's design goals target high efficiency,
602 internal, RTT and Reno fairness, resilience to link loss while
603 keeping network elements load as low as possible.
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606 http://wil.cs.caltech.edu/pfldnet2007/paper/YeAH_TCP.pdf
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608config TCP_CONG_ILLINOIS
609 tristate "TCP Illinois"
c462238d 610 default n
a7f7f624 611 help
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612 TCP-Illinois is a sender-side modification of TCP Reno for
613 high speed long delay links. It uses round-trip-time to
614 adjust the alpha and beta parameters to achieve a higher average
615 throughput and maintain fairness.
c462238d 616
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618 http://www.ews.uiuc.edu/~shaoliu/tcpillinois/index.html
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620config TCP_CONG_DCTCP
621 tristate "DataCenter TCP (DCTCP)"
622 default n
a7f7f624 623 help
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624 DCTCP leverages Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN) in the network to
625 provide multi-bit feedback to the end hosts. It is designed to provide:
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627 - High burst tolerance (incast due to partition/aggregate),
628 - Low latency (short flows, queries),
629 - High throughput (continuous data updates, large file transfers) with
630 commodity, shallow-buffered switches.
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632 All switches in the data center network running DCTCP must support
633 ECN marking and be configured for marking when reaching defined switch
634 buffer thresholds. The default ECN marking threshold heuristic for
635 DCTCP on switches is 20 packets (30KB) at 1Gbps, and 65 packets
636 (~100KB) at 10Gbps, but might need further careful tweaking.
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639 http://simula.stanford.edu/~alizade/Site/DCTCP_files/dctcp-final.pdf
e3118e83 640
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641config TCP_CONG_CDG
642 tristate "CAIA Delay-Gradient (CDG)"
643 default n
a7f7f624 644 help
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645 CAIA Delay-Gradient (CDG) is a TCP congestion control that modifies
646 the TCP sender in order to:
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648 o Use the delay gradient as a congestion signal.
649 o Back off with an average probability that is independent of the RTT.
650 o Coexist with flows that use loss-based congestion control.
651 o Tolerate packet loss unrelated to congestion.
652
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654 D.A. Hayes and G. Armitage. "Revisiting TCP congestion control using
655 delay gradients." In Networking 2011. Preprint: http://goo.gl/No3vdg
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657config TCP_CONG_BBR
658 tristate "BBR TCP"
659 default n
a7f7f624 660 help
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662 BBR (Bottleneck Bandwidth and RTT) TCP congestion control aims to
663 maximize network utilization and minimize queues. It builds an explicit
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664 model of the bottleneck delivery rate and path round-trip propagation
665 delay. It tolerates packet loss and delay unrelated to congestion. It
666 can operate over LAN, WAN, cellular, wifi, or cable modem links. It can
667 coexist with flows that use loss-based congestion control, and can
668 operate with shallow buffers, deep buffers, bufferbloat, policers, or
669 AQM schemes that do not provide a delay signal. It requires the fq
670 ("Fair Queue") pacing packet scheduler.
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672choice
673 prompt "Default TCP congestion control"
597811ec 674 default DEFAULT_CUBIC
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675 help
676 Select the TCP congestion control that will be used by default
677 for all connections.
678
679 config DEFAULT_BIC
680 bool "Bic" if TCP_CONG_BIC=y
681
682 config DEFAULT_CUBIC
683 bool "Cubic" if TCP_CONG_CUBIC=y
684
685 config DEFAULT_HTCP
686 bool "Htcp" if TCP_CONG_HTCP=y
687
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689 bool "Hybla" if TCP_CONG_HYBLA=y
690
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691 config DEFAULT_VEGAS
692 bool "Vegas" if TCP_CONG_VEGAS=y
693
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694 config DEFAULT_VENO
695 bool "Veno" if TCP_CONG_VENO=y
696
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697 config DEFAULT_WESTWOOD
698 bool "Westwood" if TCP_CONG_WESTWOOD=y
699
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700 config DEFAULT_DCTCP
701 bool "DCTCP" if TCP_CONG_DCTCP=y
702
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703 config DEFAULT_CDG
704 bool "CDG" if TCP_CONG_CDG=y
705
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707 bool "BBR" if TCP_CONG_BBR=y
708
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709 config DEFAULT_RENO
710 bool "Reno"
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712
713endif
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6c360767 716 tristate
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717 depends on !TCP_CONG_ADVANCED
718 default y
719
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720config DEFAULT_TCP_CONG
721 string
722 default "bic" if DEFAULT_BIC
723 default "cubic" if DEFAULT_CUBIC
724 default "htcp" if DEFAULT_HTCP
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726 default "vegas" if DEFAULT_VEGAS
727 default "westwood" if DEFAULT_WESTWOOD
6ce1a6df 728 default "veno" if DEFAULT_VENO
3d2573f7 729 default "reno" if DEFAULT_RENO
e3118e83 730 default "dctcp" if DEFAULT_DCTCP
2b0a8c9e 731 default "cdg" if DEFAULT_CDG
4df21dfc 732 default "bbr" if DEFAULT_BBR
597811ec 733 default "cubic"
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cfb6eeb4 735config TCP_MD5SIG
44fbe920 736 bool "TCP: MD5 Signature Option support (RFC2385)"
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737 select CRYPTO
738 select CRYPTO_MD5
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3dde6ad8 740 RFC2385 specifies a method of giving MD5 protection to TCP sessions.
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741 Its main (only?) use is to protect BGP sessions between core routers
742 on the Internet.
743
744 If unsure, say N.