TCP‐MD5 (rfc2385) implementation in DragonFlyBSD

David BÉRARD david at nfrance.com
Tue Aug 31 05:00:16 PDT 2010


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Hi Kernel list !

I start to merge FreeBSD commits r125680, r125681 and r127785 in the DragonFly
code.
I have some difficulties to add the "TF_SIGNATURE" tcp flag in tcp_var.h.
It seems that all the flags are used (0x00000001 to 0x80000000).

How can I add this flag ?

Thanks,

> > Is rfc2385 planned to be implemented in the DragonFlyBSD Kernel, or should I
> > start to hacking the Kernel to include FreeBSD patchs r125680 [1] and r125681 [2] ?
> > 
> > Are there any precautions to do this ?
> > 
> > Best regards,
> > 
> > [1] http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=125680
> > [2] http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=125681
> > 
> 
> Well, first off there seems to be something missing in those commits;
> the file xform_tcp.c. It was seemingly introduced later (at rev 127785):
> "This file was erroneously removed from HEAD when TCP-MD5 support was
> MFC'd; correct this lameness."
> 
> Other than that, considering that the commit is quite old, as is our
> code, it shouldn't be too hard to hack it in. If you require any
> assistance, feel free to ask on the list or, for a faster response, on IRC.
> 
> Cheers,
> Alex Hornung

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