Feature request

[Patrick Dung]

--- Mohacsi Janos <mohacsi at niif.hu> wrote:

> 
> 
> 
> On Mon, 31 Mar 2008, Patrick Dung wrote:
> 
> > Hello
> >
> > I have some suggestions about improving FreeBSD in some of the
> > areas/features. Let's discuss.
> >
> > 1. Cluster capability
> >
> > As I know, there is:
> > - Linux HA heartbeart in ports
> > - LVS (Linux Virtual Server for load balancing) for FreeBSD 5.3 in
> > http://dragon.linux-vs.org/~dragonfly/htm/lvs_freebsd.htm
> > - SunGrid in ports.
> >
> > But looks like there is no native FreeBSD clustering/load balancing
> > tools to do it in 'a FreeBSD way'.
> 
> There is *BSD way of doing loadbalancing with pf. A big plus is the
> pf 
> supports IPv6, while LVS does not.
>

Yes, I missed the 'sticky-address' feature of pf
which can do the stick session.
And we have pf CRAP to do the HA.

> 
> 
> >
> > 2. Networking support
> >
> > As we know FreeBSD has a good history/reputation on networking.
> > FreeBSD lacks these support:
> >
> > a) MPLS
> > For MPLS, Linux has project working since around in 2001.
> > It is called mpls-linux in Sourceforge.
> > There was a project to port Ayame to NetBSD 4.0 current, but I
> don't
> > know about the outcome.
> >
> > b) NAT-T on IPSEC
> > I see NAT-T patch for FreeBSD 6 in 2005 but the patch not in
> > RELEASE/CURRENT.
> >
> > As I know, there maybe patent infringement for NAT-T.
> > But I see NetBSD 3.0 (with warning) and Linux has NAT-T support out
> of
> > the box.
> > http://netbsd.gw.com/cgi-bin/man-cgi?ipsec++NetBSD-3.0
> >
> > c) multiple default gateways
> > Looks like FreeBSD do not support metrics in 'route'.
> 
> 
> This is sometime missing. OpenBSD has good support for it - maybe can
> be 
> ported from OpenBSD.
> 
> 
> >
> > 3. Support LDAP SSO out of the box
> >
> > Linux/Solaris/AIX have native LDAP SSO support.
> >
> > I have asked about this feature before.
> > The problem is whether it should integrate OpenLDAP to base system.
> > BTW, I see ISC Bind, Sendmail and Amd automounter is in base.
> >
> 
> unfortunately you have to use the ports for this....
> 
> 
> > 4. LVM and file systems
> >
> > As of FreeBSD 7.0, ZFS is ported.
> > This is great as FreeBSD do not have LVM in the past.
> > I am sure there is still room for improvement.
> > For example: ZFS/UFS shrink support, native file system journaling.
> >
> > Regards
> > Patrick
> 
> Janos Mohacsi
> Network Engineer, Research Associate, Head of Network Planning and
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Regards
Patrick


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