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authorBhaskar Dutta <bhaskie@gmail.com>2009-09-03 17:25:47 +0530
committerVlad Yasevich <vladislav.yasevich@hp.com>2009-09-04 18:21:01 -0400
commit723884339f90a9c420783135168cc1045750eb5d (patch)
treec8538602e56f2310470b0970bf121a1000313401 /include/net/sctp/structs.h
parent8da645e101a8c20c6073efda3c7cc74eec01b87f (diff)
sctp: Sysctl configuration for IPv4 Address Scoping
This patch introduces a new sysctl option to make IPv4 Address Scoping configurable <draft-stewart-tsvwg-sctp-ipv4-00.txt>. In networking environments where DNAT rules in iptables prerouting chains convert destination IP's to link-local/private IP addresses, SCTP connections fail to establish as the INIT chunk is dropped by the kernel due to address scope match failure. For example to support overlapping IP addresses (same IP address with different vlan id) a Layer-5 application listens on link local IP's, and there is a DNAT rule that maps the destination IP to a link local IP. Such applications never get the SCTP INIT if the address-scoping draft is strictly followed. This sysctl configuration allows SCTP to function in such unconventional networking environments. Sysctl options: 0 - Disable IPv4 address scoping draft altogether 1 - Enable IPv4 address scoping (default, current behavior) 2 - Enable address scoping but allow IPv4 private addresses in init/init-ack 3 - Enable address scoping but allow IPv4 link local address in init/init-ack Signed-off-by: Bhaskar Dutta <bhaskar.dutta@globallogic.com> Signed-off-by: Vlad Yasevich <vladislav.yasevich@hp.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/net/sctp/structs.h')
-rw-r--r--include/net/sctp/structs.h10
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/net/sctp/structs.h b/include/net/sctp/structs.h
index 993cfff9218..a48d80e77cd 100644
--- a/include/net/sctp/structs.h
+++ b/include/net/sctp/structs.h
@@ -219,6 +219,15 @@ extern struct sctp_globals {
/* Flag to idicate if SCTP-AUTH is enabled */
int auth_enable;
+ /*
+ * Policy to control SCTP IPv4 address scoping
+ * 0 - Disable IPv4 address scoping
+ * 1 - Enable IPv4 address scoping
+ * 2 - Selectively allow only IPv4 private addresses
+ * 3 - Selectively allow only IPv4 link local address
+ */
+ int ipv4_scope_policy;
+
/* Flag to indicate whether computing and verifying checksum
* is disabled. */
int checksum_disable;
@@ -252,6 +261,7 @@ extern struct sctp_globals {
#define sctp_port_hashtable (sctp_globals.port_hashtable)
#define sctp_local_addr_list (sctp_globals.local_addr_list)
#define sctp_local_addr_lock (sctp_globals.addr_list_lock)
+#define sctp_scope_policy (sctp_globals.ipv4_scope_policy)
#define sctp_addip_enable (sctp_globals.addip_enable)
#define sctp_addip_noauth (sctp_globals.addip_noauth_enable)
#define sctp_prsctp_enable (sctp_globals.prsctp_enable)