Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 1 | # |
| 2 | # IPv6 configuration |
Sam Ravnborg | 6a2e9b7 | 2005-07-11 21:13:56 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 3 | # |
| 4 | |
| 5 | # IPv6 as module will cause a CRASH if you try to unload it |
Jan Engelhardt | 0b18542 | 2008-04-13 23:30:47 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 6 | menuconfig IPV6 |
Sam Ravnborg | 6a2e9b7 | 2005-07-11 21:13:56 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 7 | tristate "The IPv6 protocol" |
| 8 | default m |
Sam Ravnborg | 6a2e9b7 | 2005-07-11 21:13:56 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 9 | ---help--- |
| 10 | This is complemental support for the IP version 6. |
| 11 | You will still be able to do traditional IPv4 networking as well. |
| 12 | |
| 13 | For general information about IPv6, see |
Christian Kujau | 242260f | 2013-02-21 16:43:05 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 14 | <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPv6>. |
Sam Ravnborg | 6a2e9b7 | 2005-07-11 21:13:56 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 15 | For Linux IPv6 development information, see <http://www.linux-ipv6.org>. |
| 16 | For specific information about IPv6 under Linux, read the HOWTO at |
| 17 | <http://www.bieringer.de/linux/IPv6/>. |
| 18 | |
| 19 | To compile this protocol support as a module, choose M here: the |
| 20 | module will be called ipv6. |
| 21 | |
Jan Engelhardt | 0b18542 | 2008-04-13 23:30:47 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 22 | if IPV6 |
| 23 | |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 24 | config IPV6_PRIVACY |
Matt LaPlante | 692105b | 2009-01-26 11:12:25 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 25 | bool "IPv6: Privacy Extensions (RFC 3041) support" |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 26 | ---help--- |
| 27 | Privacy Extensions for Stateless Address Autoconfiguration in IPv6 |
Matt LaPlante | 692105b | 2009-01-26 11:12:25 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 28 | support. With this option, additional periodically-altered |
| 29 | pseudo-random global-scope unicast address(es) will be assigned to |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 30 | your interface(s). |
| 31 | |
Matt LaPlante | 692105b | 2009-01-26 11:12:25 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 32 | We use our standard pseudo-random algorithm to generate the |
| 33 | randomized interface identifier, instead of one described in RFC 3041. |
YOSHIFUJI Hideaki | 955189e | 2006-03-20 16:54:09 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 34 | |
Matt LaPlante | 692105b | 2009-01-26 11:12:25 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 35 | By default the kernel does not generate temporary addresses. |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 36 | To use temporary addresses, do |
| 37 | |
| 38 | echo 2 >/proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/all/use_tempaddr |
| 39 | |
| 40 | See <file:Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt> for details. |
| 41 | |
YOSHIFUJI Hideaki | ebacaaa | 2006-03-20 17:04:53 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 42 | config IPV6_ROUTER_PREF |
| 43 | bool "IPv6: Router Preference (RFC 4191) support" |
YOSHIFUJI Hideaki | ebacaaa | 2006-03-20 17:04:53 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 44 | ---help--- |
| 45 | Router Preference is an optional extension to the Router |
Matt LaPlante | 692105b | 2009-01-26 11:12:25 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 46 | Advertisement message which improves the ability of hosts |
| 47 | to pick an appropriate router, especially when the hosts |
| 48 | are placed in a multi-homed network. |
YOSHIFUJI Hideaki | ebacaaa | 2006-03-20 17:04:53 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 49 | |
| 50 | If unsure, say N. |
| 51 | |
YOSHIFUJI Hideaki | 70ceb4f | 2006-03-20 17:06:24 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 52 | config IPV6_ROUTE_INFO |
Kees Cook | f9ceb16 | 2012-10-02 11:19:49 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 53 | bool "IPv6: Route Information (RFC 4191) support" |
| 54 | depends on IPV6_ROUTER_PREF |
YOSHIFUJI Hideaki | 70ceb4f | 2006-03-20 17:06:24 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 55 | ---help--- |
| 56 | This is experimental support of Route Information. |
| 57 | |
| 58 | If unsure, say N. |
| 59 | |
Neil Horman | 95c385b | 2007-04-25 17:08:10 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 60 | config IPV6_OPTIMISTIC_DAD |
Kees Cook | f9ceb16 | 2012-10-02 11:19:49 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 61 | bool "IPv6: Enable RFC 4429 Optimistic DAD" |
Neil Horman | 95c385b | 2007-04-25 17:08:10 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 62 | ---help--- |
| 63 | This is experimental support for optimistic Duplicate |
| 64 | Address Detection. It allows for autoconfigured addresses |
| 65 | to be used more quickly. |
| 66 | |
| 67 | If unsure, say N. |
| 68 | |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 69 | config INET6_AH |
| 70 | tristate "IPv6: AH transformation" |
Jan Beulich | 7e15252 | 2012-05-15 01:57:44 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 71 | select XFRM_ALGO |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 72 | select CRYPTO |
| 73 | select CRYPTO_HMAC |
| 74 | select CRYPTO_MD5 |
| 75 | select CRYPTO_SHA1 |
| 76 | ---help--- |
| 77 | Support for IPsec AH. |
| 78 | |
| 79 | If unsure, say Y. |
| 80 | |
| 81 | config INET6_ESP |
| 82 | tristate "IPv6: ESP transformation" |
Jan Beulich | 7e15252 | 2012-05-15 01:57:44 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 83 | select XFRM_ALGO |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 84 | select CRYPTO |
Herbert Xu | ed58dd4 | 2008-03-04 14:29:21 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 85 | select CRYPTO_AUTHENC |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 86 | select CRYPTO_HMAC |
| 87 | select CRYPTO_MD5 |
Herbert Xu | 6b7326c | 2006-07-30 15:41:01 +1000 | [diff] [blame] | 88 | select CRYPTO_CBC |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 89 | select CRYPTO_SHA1 |
| 90 | select CRYPTO_DES |
| 91 | ---help--- |
| 92 | Support for IPsec ESP. |
| 93 | |
| 94 | If unsure, say Y. |
| 95 | |
| 96 | config INET6_IPCOMP |
| 97 | tristate "IPv6: IPComp transformation" |
Herbert Xu | d2acc34 | 2006-03-28 01:12:13 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 98 | select INET6_XFRM_TUNNEL |
Herbert Xu | 6fccab6 | 2008-07-25 02:54:40 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 99 | select XFRM_IPCOMP |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 100 | ---help--- |
| 101 | Support for IP Payload Compression Protocol (IPComp) (RFC3173), |
| 102 | typically needed for IPsec. |
| 103 | |
| 104 | If unsure, say Y. |
| 105 | |
Masahide NAKAMURA | ee53826 | 2006-08-23 19:13:46 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 106 | config IPV6_MIP6 |
Kees Cook | f9ceb16 | 2012-10-02 11:19:49 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 107 | tristate "IPv6: Mobility" |
Masahide NAKAMURA | ee53826 | 2006-08-23 19:13:46 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 108 | select XFRM |
| 109 | ---help--- |
| 110 | Support for IPv6 Mobility described in RFC 3775. |
| 111 | |
| 112 | If unsure, say N. |
| 113 | |
Herbert Xu | d2acc34 | 2006-03-28 01:12:13 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 114 | config INET6_XFRM_TUNNEL |
| 115 | tristate |
| 116 | select INET6_TUNNEL |
| 117 | default n |
| 118 | |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 119 | config INET6_TUNNEL |
Herbert Xu | d2acc34 | 2006-03-28 01:12:13 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 120 | tristate |
| 121 | default n |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 122 | |
Herbert Xu | b59f45d | 2006-05-27 23:05:54 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 123 | config INET6_XFRM_MODE_TRANSPORT |
| 124 | tristate "IPv6: IPsec transport mode" |
Herbert Xu | b59f45d | 2006-05-27 23:05:54 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 125 | default IPV6 |
| 126 | select XFRM |
| 127 | ---help--- |
| 128 | Support for IPsec transport mode. |
| 129 | |
| 130 | If unsure, say Y. |
| 131 | |
| 132 | config INET6_XFRM_MODE_TUNNEL |
| 133 | tristate "IPv6: IPsec tunnel mode" |
Herbert Xu | b59f45d | 2006-05-27 23:05:54 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 134 | default IPV6 |
| 135 | select XFRM |
| 136 | ---help--- |
| 137 | Support for IPsec tunnel mode. |
| 138 | |
| 139 | If unsure, say Y. |
| 140 | |
Diego Beltrami | 0a69452 | 2006-10-03 23:47:05 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 141 | config INET6_XFRM_MODE_BEET |
| 142 | tristate "IPv6: IPsec BEET mode" |
Diego Beltrami | 0a69452 | 2006-10-03 23:47:05 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 143 | default IPV6 |
| 144 | select XFRM |
| 145 | ---help--- |
| 146 | Support for IPsec BEET mode. |
| 147 | |
| 148 | If unsure, say Y. |
| 149 | |
Masahide NAKAMURA | 1d71627 | 2006-08-23 17:59:44 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 150 | config INET6_XFRM_MODE_ROUTEOPTIMIZATION |
Kees Cook | f9ceb16 | 2012-10-02 11:19:49 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 151 | tristate "IPv6: MIPv6 route optimization mode" |
Masahide NAKAMURA | 1d71627 | 2006-08-23 17:59:44 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 152 | select XFRM |
| 153 | ---help--- |
| 154 | Support for MIPv6 route optimization mode. |
| 155 | |
Joerg Roedel | 989e5b9 | 2006-10-10 14:47:44 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 156 | config IPV6_SIT |
| 157 | tristate "IPv6: IPv6-in-IPv4 tunnel (SIT driver)" |
Kazunori MIYAZAWA | c73cb5a | 2007-02-13 12:55:25 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 158 | select INET_TUNNEL |
YOSHIFUJI Hideaki | de357cc | 2008-03-15 23:59:18 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 159 | select IPV6_NDISC_NODETYPE |
Joerg Roedel | 989e5b9 | 2006-10-10 14:47:44 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 160 | default y |
| 161 | ---help--- |
| 162 | Tunneling means encapsulating data of one protocol type within |
| 163 | another protocol and sending it over a channel that understands the |
| 164 | encapsulating protocol. This driver implements encapsulation of IPv6 |
David S. Miller | 5c5d6da | 2008-04-26 22:50:57 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 165 | into IPv4 packets. This is useful if you want to connect two IPv6 |
Joerg Roedel | 989e5b9 | 2006-10-10 14:47:44 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 166 | networks over an IPv4-only path. |
| 167 | |
Pavel Machek | 4737f09 | 2009-06-05 00:44:53 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 168 | Saying M here will produce a module called sit. If unsure, say Y. |
Joerg Roedel | 989e5b9 | 2006-10-10 14:47:44 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 169 | |
YOSHIFUJI Hideaki / 吉藤英明 | fa857af | 2009-09-22 23:43:14 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 170 | config IPV6_SIT_6RD |
Kees Cook | f9ceb16 | 2012-10-02 11:19:49 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 171 | bool "IPv6: IPv6 Rapid Deployment (6RD)" |
| 172 | depends on IPV6_SIT |
YOSHIFUJI Hideaki / 吉藤英明 | fa857af | 2009-09-22 23:43:14 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 173 | default n |
| 174 | ---help--- |
| 175 | IPv6 Rapid Deployment (6rd; draft-ietf-softwire-ipv6-6rd) builds upon |
| 176 | mechanisms of 6to4 (RFC3056) to enable a service provider to rapidly |
| 177 | deploy IPv6 unicast service to IPv4 sites to which it provides |
| 178 | customer premise equipment. Like 6to4, it utilizes stateless IPv6 in |
| 179 | IPv4 encapsulation in order to transit IPv4-only network |
| 180 | infrastructure. Unlike 6to4, a 6rd service provider uses an IPv6 |
| 181 | prefix of its own in place of the fixed 6to4 prefix. |
| 182 | |
| 183 | With this option enabled, the SIT driver offers 6rd functionality by |
| 184 | providing additional ioctl API to configure the IPv6 Prefix for in |
| 185 | stead of static 2002::/16 for 6to4. |
| 186 | |
| 187 | If unsure, say N. |
| 188 | |
YOSHIFUJI Hideaki | de357cc | 2008-03-15 23:59:18 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 189 | config IPV6_NDISC_NODETYPE |
| 190 | bool |
| 191 | |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 192 | config IPV6_TUNNEL |
YOSHIFUJI Hideaki | 38fe999 | 2008-03-20 16:13:58 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 193 | tristate "IPv6: IP-in-IPv6 tunnel (RFC2473)" |
Herbert Xu | d2acc34 | 2006-03-28 01:12:13 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 194 | select INET6_TUNNEL |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 195 | ---help--- |
YOSHIFUJI Hideaki | 38fe999 | 2008-03-20 16:13:58 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 196 | Support for IPv6-in-IPv6 and IPv4-in-IPv6 tunnels described in |
| 197 | RFC 2473. |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 198 | |
| 199 | If unsure, say N. |
| 200 | |
xeb@mail.ru | c12b395 | 2012-08-10 00:51:50 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 201 | config IPV6_GRE |
| 202 | tristate "IPv6: GRE tunnel" |
| 203 | select IPV6_TUNNEL |
| 204 | ---help--- |
| 205 | Tunneling means encapsulating data of one protocol type within |
| 206 | another protocol and sending it over a channel that understands the |
| 207 | encapsulating protocol. This particular tunneling driver implements |
| 208 | GRE (Generic Routing Encapsulation) and at this time allows |
| 209 | encapsulating of IPv4 or IPv6 over existing IPv6 infrastructure. |
| 210 | This driver is useful if the other endpoint is a Cisco router: Cisco |
| 211 | likes GRE much better than the other Linux tunneling driver ("IP |
| 212 | tunneling" above). In addition, GRE allows multicast redistribution |
| 213 | through the tunnel. |
| 214 | |
| 215 | Saying M here will produce a module called ip6_gre. If unsure, say N. |
| 216 | |
Ville Nuorvala | 264e91b | 2006-10-16 22:12:21 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 217 | config IPV6_MULTIPLE_TABLES |
| 218 | bool "IPv6: Multiple Routing Tables" |
Ville Nuorvala | 264e91b | 2006-10-16 22:12:21 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 219 | select FIB_RULES |
| 220 | ---help--- |
| 221 | Support multiple routing tables. |
| 222 | |
YOSHIFUJI Hideaki | 4e96c2b | 2006-08-23 17:23:39 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 223 | config IPV6_SUBTREES |
| 224 | bool "IPv6: source address based routing" |
Ville Nuorvala | 264e91b | 2006-10-16 22:12:21 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 225 | depends on IPV6_MULTIPLE_TABLES |
YOSHIFUJI Hideaki | 4e96c2b | 2006-08-23 17:23:39 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 226 | ---help--- |
| 227 | Enable routing by source address or prefix. |
| 228 | |
| 229 | The destination address is still the primary routing key, so mixing |
| 230 | normal and source prefix specific routes in the same routing table |
| 231 | may sometimes lead to unintended routing behavior. This can be |
| 232 | avoided by defining different routing tables for the normal and |
| 233 | source prefix specific routes. |
| 234 | |
| 235 | If unsure, say N. |
| 236 | |
YOSHIFUJI Hideaki | 7bc570c | 2008-04-03 09:22:53 +0900 | [diff] [blame] | 237 | config IPV6_MROUTE |
Kees Cook | f9ceb16 | 2012-10-02 11:19:49 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 238 | bool "IPv6: multicast routing" |
| 239 | depends on IPV6 |
YOSHIFUJI Hideaki | 7bc570c | 2008-04-03 09:22:53 +0900 | [diff] [blame] | 240 | ---help--- |
| 241 | Experimental support for IPv6 multicast forwarding. |
| 242 | If unsure, say N. |
| 243 | |
Patrick McHardy | d1db275 | 2010-05-11 14:40:55 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 244 | config IPV6_MROUTE_MULTIPLE_TABLES |
| 245 | bool "IPv6: multicast policy routing" |
| 246 | depends on IPV6_MROUTE |
| 247 | select FIB_RULES |
| 248 | help |
| 249 | Normally, a multicast router runs a userspace daemon and decides |
| 250 | what to do with a multicast packet based on the source and |
| 251 | destination addresses. If you say Y here, the multicast router |
| 252 | will also be able to take interfaces and packet marks into |
| 253 | account and run multiple instances of userspace daemons |
| 254 | simultaneously, each one handling a single table. |
| 255 | |
| 256 | If unsure, say N. |
| 257 | |
YOSHIFUJI Hideaki | 14fb64e | 2008-04-03 09:22:54 +0900 | [diff] [blame] | 258 | config IPV6_PIMSM_V2 |
Kees Cook | f9ceb16 | 2012-10-02 11:19:49 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 259 | bool "IPv6: PIM-SM version 2 support" |
YOSHIFUJI Hideaki | 14fb64e | 2008-04-03 09:22:54 +0900 | [diff] [blame] | 260 | depends on IPV6_MROUTE |
| 261 | ---help--- |
| 262 | Support for IPv6 PIM multicast routing protocol PIM-SMv2. |
| 263 | If unsure, say N. |
| 264 | |
Jan Engelhardt | 0b18542 | 2008-04-13 23:30:47 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 265 | endif # IPV6 |