Runtime control for the IPFIREWALL_FORWARD

Andrey V. Elsukov bu7cher at yandex.ru
Sat Dec 16 01:41:04 PST 2006


>Andrey V. Elsukov wrote:
>This introduces quite a bit of extra code into the path of IP packets.

Yes, it will add a few extra checks like a "if (pfil_forward_enabled) {...}"

>Some people are very sensitive about anything that slows down that path.

I can introduce a new kernel option - NO_PFIL_FORWARD, which will remove an
extra code from the CUSTOM kernel. 
But the GENERIC kernel will be more universal with a new feature.

-- 
WBR, Andrey V. Elsukov


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