if_stf bug/feature

Lukasz Stelmach Lukasz.Stelmach at telmark.waw.pl
Tue May 11 09:07:38 PDT 2004


On Tue, 11 May 2004 18:59:31 +0900 Ume wrote:
>>>>> On Thu, 6 May 2004 10:21:13 +0200
>>>>> Lukasz Stelmach said:

Lukasz>> Well i *have*got* one v4ADDR that is assigned to my nat/router-box.  I
[...]
Lukasz>> harm. Let's say taht to the rest of the world the nat+TIGGER act like
Lukasz>> a single machine.
> Yes, current if_stf is too restrictive against NAT, and skipping
> certain checks enablea us to use 6to4 even behind NAT.  I believe it
> doesn't break RFC3056.

IMHO it does not if everything is going to be corect after the packets
go touring out of nat.

> Once, I made a patch to do so for a friend of mine.  But, it was based
> on old source and somewhat redundant.  I've just made a patch against
> recent 5-CURRENT.  But, I've not estimated if there are side effects.
> I don't have testing environment for 6to4, now.  Could you test it?

In one of my previous letters I have mentioned that i use 4.9-RCsomething
and unfortunately this is my only FreeBSD. I am also afraid :-( that
i don't have enough spare time neither. But please send the patch and
I will *try* to look at it if you don't mind.

Bye.
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