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Diffstat (limited to 'net/netfilter')
| -rw-r--r-- | net/netfilter/Kconfig | 50 |
1 files changed, 44 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/net/netfilter/Kconfig b/net/netfilter/Kconfig index d191dacead5..efe56f768f3 100644 --- a/net/netfilter/Kconfig +++ b/net/netfilter/Kconfig @@ -25,19 +25,57 @@ config NETFILTER_NETLINK_LOG and is also scheduled to replace the old syslog-based ipt_LOG and ip6t_LOG modules. -config NF_CONNTRACK - tristate "Layer 3 Independent Connection tracking (EXPERIMENTAL)" - depends on EXPERIMENTAL && IP_NF_CONNTRACK=n - default n - ---help--- +config NF_CONNTRACK_ENABLED + tristate "Netfilter connection tracking support" + help Connection tracking keeps a record of what packets have passed through your machine, in order to figure out how they are related into connections. + This is required to do Masquerading or other kinds of Network + Address Translation (except for Fast NAT). It can also be used to + enhance packet filtering (see `Connection state match support' + below). + + To compile it as a module, choose M here. If unsure, say N. + +choice + prompt "Netfilter connection tracking support" + depends on NF_CONNTRACK_ENABLED + +config NF_CONNTRACK_SUPPORT + bool "Layer 3 Independent Connection tracking (EXPERIMENTAL)" + depends on EXPERIMENTAL + help Layer 3 independent connection tracking is experimental scheme which generalize ip_conntrack to support other layer 3 protocols. - To compile it as a module, choose M here. If unsure, say N. + This is required to do Masquerading or other kinds of Network + Address Translation (except for Fast NAT). It can also be used to + enhance packet filtering (see `Connection state match support' + below). + +config IP_NF_CONNTRACK_SUPPORT + bool "Layer 3 Dependent Connection tracking" + help + The old, Layer 3 dependent ip_conntrack subsystem of netfilter. + + This is required to do Masquerading or other kinds of Network + Address Translation (except for Fast NAT). It can also be used to + enhance packet filtering (see `Connection state match support' + below). + +endchoice + +config NF_CONNTRACK + tristate + default m if NF_CONNTRACK_SUPPORT && NF_CONNTRACK_ENABLED=m + default y if NF_CONNTRACK_SUPPORT && NF_CONNTRACK_ENABLED=y + +config IP_NF_CONNTRACK + tristate + default m if IP_NF_CONNTRACK_SUPPORT && NF_CONNTRACK_ENABLED=m + default y if IP_NF_CONNTRACK_SUPPORT && NF_CONNTRACK_ENABLED=y config NF_CT_ACCT bool "Connection tracking flow accounting" |