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Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001#
2# IP configuration
3#
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07004config IP_MULTICAST
5 bool "IP: multicasting"
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07006 help
7 This is code for addressing several networked computers at once,
8 enlarging your kernel by about 2 KB. You need multicasting if you
9 intend to participate in the MBONE, a high bandwidth network on top
10 of the Internet which carries audio and video broadcasts. More
11 information about the MBONE is on the WWW at
Jean Sacren4960c2c2013-06-01 16:23:17 +000012 <http://www.savetz.com/mbone/>. For most people, it's safe to say N.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070013
14config IP_ADVANCED_ROUTER
15 bool "IP: advanced router"
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070016 ---help---
17 If you intend to run your Linux box mostly as a router, i.e. as a
18 computer that forwards and redistributes network packets, say Y; you
19 will then be presented with several options that allow more precise
20 control about the routing process.
21
22 The answer to this question won't directly affect the kernel:
23 answering N will just cause the configurator to skip all the
24 questions about advanced routing.
25
26 Note that your box can only act as a router if you enable IP
27 forwarding in your kernel; you can do that by saying Y to "/proc
28 file system support" and "Sysctl support" below and executing the
29 line
30
31 echo "1" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward
32
33 at boot time after the /proc file system has been mounted.
34
Jesper Dangaard Brouerb2cc46a2009-02-22 00:06:20 -080035 If you turn on IP forwarding, you should consider the rp_filter, which
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070036 automatically rejects incoming packets if the routing table entry
37 for their source address doesn't match the network interface they're
38 arriving on. This has security advantages because it prevents the
39 so-called IP spoofing, however it can pose problems if you use
40 asymmetric routing (packets from you to a host take a different path
41 than packets from that host to you) or if you operate a non-routing
42 host which has several IP addresses on different interfaces. To turn
Dave Jonesd7394372007-05-17 15:02:21 -070043 rp_filter on use:
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070044
Dave Jonesd7394372007-05-17 15:02:21 -070045 echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/<device>/rp_filter
Nicolas Dichtel750e9fa2010-08-31 05:50:43 +000046 or
Dave Jonesd7394372007-05-17 15:02:21 -070047 echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/all/rp_filter
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070048
Jesper Dangaard Brouerb2cc46a2009-02-22 00:06:20 -080049 Note that some distributions enable it in startup scripts.
Jesper Dangaard Brouerd18921a2009-02-23 04:40:43 +000050 For details about rp_filter strict and loose mode read
51 <file:Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt>.
Jesper Dangaard Brouerb2cc46a2009-02-22 00:06:20 -080052
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070053 If unsure, say N here.
54
Stephen Hemminger66a2f7f2008-01-12 21:23:17 -080055config IP_FIB_TRIE_STATS
56 bool "FIB TRIE statistics"
David S. Miller3630b7c2011-02-01 15:15:39 -080057 depends on IP_ADVANCED_ROUTER
Stephen Hemminger66a2f7f2008-01-12 21:23:17 -080058 ---help---
59 Keep track of statistics on structure of FIB TRIE table.
60 Useful for testing and measuring TRIE performance.
61
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070062config IP_MULTIPLE_TABLES
63 bool "IP: policy routing"
64 depends on IP_ADVANCED_ROUTER
Thomas Grafe1ef4bf2006-08-04 03:39:22 -070065 select FIB_RULES
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070066 ---help---
67 Normally, a router decides what to do with a received packet based
68 solely on the packet's final destination address. If you say Y here,
69 the Linux router will also be able to take the packet's source
70 address into account. Furthermore, the TOS (Type-Of-Service) field
71 of the packet can be used for routing decisions as well.
72
73 If you are interested in this, please see the preliminary
74 documentation at <http://www.compendium.com.ar/policy-routing.txt>
75 and <ftp://post.tepkom.ru/pub/vol2/Linux/docs/advanced-routing.tex>.
76 You will need supporting software from
77 <ftp://ftp.tux.org/pub/net/ip-routing/>.
78
79 If unsure, say N.
80
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070081config IP_ROUTE_MULTIPATH
82 bool "IP: equal cost multipath"
83 depends on IP_ADVANCED_ROUTER
84 help
85 Normally, the routing tables specify a single action to be taken in
86 a deterministic manner for a given packet. If you say Y here
87 however, it becomes possible to attach several actions to a packet
88 pattern, in effect specifying several alternative paths to travel
89 for those packets. The router considers all these paths to be of
90 equal "cost" and chooses one of them in a non-deterministic fashion
91 if a matching packet arrives.
92
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070093config IP_ROUTE_VERBOSE
94 bool "IP: verbose route monitoring"
95 depends on IP_ADVANCED_ROUTER
96 help
97 If you say Y here, which is recommended, then the kernel will print
98 verbose messages regarding the routing, for example warnings about
99 received packets which look strange and could be evidence of an
100 attack or a misconfigured system somewhere. The information is
101 handled by the klogd daemon which is responsible for kernel messages
102 ("man klogd").
103
Patrick McHardyc7066f72011-01-14 13:36:42 +0100104config IP_ROUTE_CLASSID
105 bool
106
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700107config IP_PNP
108 bool "IP: kernel level autoconfiguration"
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700109 help
110 This enables automatic configuration of IP addresses of devices and
111 of the routing table during kernel boot, based on either information
112 supplied on the kernel command line or by BOOTP or RARP protocols.
113 You need to say Y only for diskless machines requiring network
114 access to boot (in which case you want to say Y to "Root file system
115 on NFS" as well), because all other machines configure the network
116 in their startup scripts.
117
118config IP_PNP_DHCP
119 bool "IP: DHCP support"
120 depends on IP_PNP
121 ---help---
122 If you want your Linux box to mount its whole root file system (the
123 one containing the directory /) from some other computer over the
124 net via NFS and you want the IP address of your computer to be
125 discovered automatically at boot time using the DHCP protocol (a
126 special protocol designed for doing this job), say Y here. In case
127 the boot ROM of your network card was designed for booting Linux and
128 does DHCP itself, providing all necessary information on the kernel
129 command line, you can say N here.
130
131 If unsure, say Y. Note that if you want to use DHCP, a DHCP server
132 must be operating on your network. Read
J. Bruce Fieldsdc7a0812009-10-27 14:41:35 -0400133 <file:Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfsroot.txt> for details.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700134
135config IP_PNP_BOOTP
136 bool "IP: BOOTP support"
137 depends on IP_PNP
138 ---help---
139 If you want your Linux box to mount its whole root file system (the
140 one containing the directory /) from some other computer over the
141 net via NFS and you want the IP address of your computer to be
142 discovered automatically at boot time using the BOOTP protocol (a
143 special protocol designed for doing this job), say Y here. In case
144 the boot ROM of your network card was designed for booting Linux and
145 does BOOTP itself, providing all necessary information on the kernel
146 command line, you can say N here. If unsure, say Y. Note that if you
147 want to use BOOTP, a BOOTP server must be operating on your network.
J. Bruce Fieldsdc7a0812009-10-27 14:41:35 -0400148 Read <file:Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfsroot.txt> for details.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700149
150config IP_PNP_RARP
151 bool "IP: RARP support"
152 depends on IP_PNP
153 help
154 If you want your Linux box to mount its whole root file system (the
155 one containing the directory /) from some other computer over the
156 net via NFS and you want the IP address of your computer to be
157 discovered automatically at boot time using the RARP protocol (an
158 older protocol which is being obsoleted by BOOTP and DHCP), say Y
159 here. Note that if you want to use RARP, a RARP server must be
J. Bruce Fields6ded55d2008-04-07 15:59:03 -0400160 operating on your network. Read
J. Bruce Fieldsdc7a0812009-10-27 14:41:35 -0400161 <file:Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfsroot.txt> for details.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700162
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700163config NET_IPIP
164 tristate "IP: tunneling"
Herbert Xud2acc342006-03-28 01:12:13 -0800165 select INET_TUNNEL
Pravin B Shelarfd581562013-03-25 14:49:41 +0000166 select NET_IP_TUNNEL
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700167 ---help---
168 Tunneling means encapsulating data of one protocol type within
169 another protocol and sending it over a channel that understands the
170 encapsulating protocol. This particular tunneling driver implements
171 encapsulation of IP within IP, which sounds kind of pointless, but
172 can be useful if you want to make your (or some other) machine
173 appear on a different network than it physically is, or to use
174 mobile-IP facilities (allowing laptops to seamlessly move between
175 networks without changing their IP addresses).
176
177 Saying Y to this option will produce two modules ( = code which can
178 be inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you
179 want). Most people won't need this and can say N.
180
Dmitry Kozlov00959ad2010-08-21 23:05:39 -0700181config NET_IPGRE_DEMUX
182 tristate "IP: GRE demultiplexer"
183 help
184 This is helper module to demultiplex GRE packets on GRE version field criteria.
185 Required by ip_gre and pptp modules.
186
Pravin B Shelarc5441932013-03-25 14:49:35 +0000187config NET_IP_TUNNEL
188 tristate
Paolo Abenie09acdd2016-02-12 15:43:55 +0100189 select DST_CACHE
Pravin B Shelarc5441932013-03-25 14:49:35 +0000190 default n
191
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700192config NET_IPGRE
193 tristate "IP: GRE tunnels over IP"
David S. Miller21a180c2010-10-04 11:56:38 -0700194 depends on (IPV6 || IPV6=n) && NET_IPGRE_DEMUX
Pravin B Shelarc5441932013-03-25 14:49:35 +0000195 select NET_IP_TUNNEL
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700196 help
197 Tunneling means encapsulating data of one protocol type within
198 another protocol and sending it over a channel that understands the
199 encapsulating protocol. This particular tunneling driver implements
200 GRE (Generic Routing Encapsulation) and at this time allows
201 encapsulating of IPv4 or IPv6 over existing IPv4 infrastructure.
202 This driver is useful if the other endpoint is a Cisco router: Cisco
203 likes GRE much better than the other Linux tunneling driver ("IP
204 tunneling" above). In addition, GRE allows multicast redistribution
205 through the tunnel.
206
207config NET_IPGRE_BROADCAST
208 bool "IP: broadcast GRE over IP"
209 depends on IP_MULTICAST && NET_IPGRE
210 help
211 One application of GRE/IP is to construct a broadcast WAN (Wide Area
212 Network), which looks like a normal Ethernet LAN (Local Area
213 Network), but can be distributed all over the Internet. If you want
214 to do that, say Y here and to "IP multicast routing" below.
215
216config IP_MROUTE
217 bool "IP: multicast routing"
218 depends on IP_MULTICAST
219 help
220 This is used if you want your machine to act as a router for IP
221 packets that have several destination addresses. It is needed on the
222 MBONE, a high bandwidth network on top of the Internet which carries
223 audio and video broadcasts. In order to do that, you would most
Jean Sacren4960c2c2013-06-01 16:23:17 +0000224 likely run the program mrouted. If you haven't heard about it, you
225 don't need it.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700226
Patrick McHardyf0ad0862010-04-13 05:03:23 +0000227config IP_MROUTE_MULTIPLE_TABLES
228 bool "IP: multicast policy routing"
Patrick McHardy66496d42010-04-15 13:29:27 +0200229 depends on IP_MROUTE && IP_ADVANCED_ROUTER
Patrick McHardyf0ad0862010-04-13 05:03:23 +0000230 select FIB_RULES
231 help
232 Normally, a multicast router runs a userspace daemon and decides
233 what to do with a multicast packet based on the source and
234 destination addresses. If you say Y here, the multicast router
235 will also be able to take interfaces and packet marks into
236 account and run multiple instances of userspace daemons
237 simultaneously, each one handling a single table.
238
239 If unsure, say N.
240
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700241config IP_PIMSM_V1
242 bool "IP: PIM-SM version 1 support"
243 depends on IP_MROUTE
244 help
245 Kernel side support for Sparse Mode PIM (Protocol Independent
246 Multicast) version 1. This multicast routing protocol is used widely
247 because Cisco supports it. You need special software to use it
248 (pimd-v1). Please see <http://netweb.usc.edu/pim/> for more
249 information about PIM.
250
251 Say Y if you want to use PIM-SM v1. Note that you can say N here if
252 you just want to use Dense Mode PIM.
253
254config IP_PIMSM_V2
255 bool "IP: PIM-SM version 2 support"
256 depends on IP_MROUTE
257 help
258 Kernel side support for Sparse Mode PIM version 2. In order to use
259 this, you need an experimental routing daemon supporting it (pimd or
260 gated-5). This routing protocol is not used widely, so say N unless
261 you want to play with it.
262
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700263config SYN_COOKIES
Florian Westphal57f15532010-06-03 00:42:30 +0000264 bool "IP: TCP syncookie support"
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700265 ---help---
266 Normal TCP/IP networking is open to an attack known as "SYN
267 flooding". This denial-of-service attack prevents legitimate remote
268 users from being able to connect to your computer during an ongoing
269 attack and requires very little work from the attacker, who can
270 operate from anywhere on the Internet.
271
272 SYN cookies provide protection against this type of attack. If you
273 say Y here, the TCP/IP stack will use a cryptographic challenge
274 protocol known as "SYN cookies" to enable legitimate users to
275 continue to connect, even when your machine is under attack. There
276 is no need for the legitimate users to change their TCP/IP software;
277 SYN cookies work transparently to them. For technical information
278 about SYN cookies, check out <http://cr.yp.to/syncookies.html>.
279
280 If you are SYN flooded, the source address reported by the kernel is
281 likely to have been forged by the attacker; it is only reported as
282 an aid in tracing the packets to their actual source and should not
283 be taken as absolute truth.
284
285 SYN cookies may prevent correct error reporting on clients when the
286 server is really overloaded. If this happens frequently better turn
287 them off.
288
Florian Westphal57f15532010-06-03 00:42:30 +0000289 If you say Y here, you can disable SYN cookies at run time by
290 saying Y to "/proc file system support" and
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700291 "Sysctl support" below and executing the command
292
Florian Westphal57f15532010-06-03 00:42:30 +0000293 echo 0 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_syncookies
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700294
Florian Westphal57f15532010-06-03 00:42:30 +0000295 after the /proc file system has been mounted.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700296
297 If unsure, say N.
298
Saurabh11814122012-07-17 09:44:54 +0000299config NET_IPVTI
300 tristate "Virtual (secure) IP: tunneling"
301 select INET_TUNNEL
Pravin B Shelarf61dd382013-03-25 14:50:00 +0000302 select NET_IP_TUNNEL
Saurabh11814122012-07-17 09:44:54 +0000303 depends on INET_XFRM_MODE_TUNNEL
304 ---help---
305 Tunneling means encapsulating data of one protocol type within
306 another protocol and sending it over a channel that understands the
307 encapsulating protocol. This can be used with xfrm mode tunnel to give
308 the notion of a secure tunnel for IPSEC and then use routing protocol
309 on top.
310
Tom Herbert8024e022014-07-13 19:49:37 -0700311config NET_UDP_TUNNEL
312 tristate
Andy Zhou7c5df8f2014-10-06 15:15:14 -0700313 select NET_IP_TUNNEL
Tom Herbert8024e022014-07-13 19:49:37 -0700314 default n
315
Tom Herbert23461552014-09-17 12:25:56 -0700316config NET_FOU
317 tristate "IP: Foo (IP protocols) over UDP"
318 select XFRM
319 select NET_UDP_TUNNEL
320 ---help---
321 Foo over UDP allows any IP protocol to be directly encapsulated
322 over UDP include tunnels (IPIP, GRE, SIT). By encapsulating in UDP
323 network mechanisms and optimizations for UDP (such as ECMP
324 and RSS) can be leveraged to provide better service.
325
Tom Herbert63487ba2014-11-04 09:06:51 -0800326config NET_FOU_IP_TUNNELS
327 bool "IP: FOU encapsulation of IP tunnels"
328 depends on NET_IPIP || NET_IPGRE || IPV6_SIT
329 select NET_FOU
330 ---help---
331 Allow configuration of FOU or GUE encapsulation for IP tunnels.
332 When this option is enabled IP tunnels can be configured to use
333 FOU or GUE encapsulation.
334
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700335config INET_AH
336 tristate "IP: AH transformation"
Jan Beulich7e152522012-05-15 01:57:44 +0000337 select XFRM_ALGO
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700338 select CRYPTO
339 select CRYPTO_HMAC
340 select CRYPTO_MD5
341 select CRYPTO_SHA1
342 ---help---
343 Support for IPsec AH.
344
345 If unsure, say Y.
346
347config INET_ESP
348 tristate "IP: ESP transformation"
Jan Beulich7e152522012-05-15 01:57:44 +0000349 select XFRM_ALGO
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700350 select CRYPTO
Herbert Xued58dd42008-03-04 14:29:21 -0800351 select CRYPTO_AUTHENC
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700352 select CRYPTO_HMAC
353 select CRYPTO_MD5
Herbert Xu6b7326c2006-07-30 15:41:01 +1000354 select CRYPTO_CBC
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700355 select CRYPTO_SHA1
356 select CRYPTO_DES
Thomas Egerer32b6170c2016-01-25 12:58:44 +0100357 select CRYPTO_ECHAINIV
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700358 ---help---
359 Support for IPsec ESP.
360
361 If unsure, say Y.
362
363config INET_IPCOMP
364 tristate "IP: IPComp transformation"
Herbert Xud2acc342006-03-28 01:12:13 -0800365 select INET_XFRM_TUNNEL
Herbert Xu6fccab62008-07-25 02:54:40 -0700366 select XFRM_IPCOMP
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700367 ---help---
368 Support for IP Payload Compression Protocol (IPComp) (RFC3173),
369 typically needed for IPsec.
Jesper Dangaard Brouera6e8f272009-02-22 00:07:13 -0800370
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700371 If unsure, say Y.
372
Herbert Xud2acc342006-03-28 01:12:13 -0800373config INET_XFRM_TUNNEL
374 tristate
375 select INET_TUNNEL
376 default n
377
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700378config INET_TUNNEL
Herbert Xud2acc342006-03-28 01:12:13 -0800379 tristate
380 default n
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700381
Herbert Xub59f45d2006-05-27 23:05:54 -0700382config INET_XFRM_MODE_TRANSPORT
383 tristate "IP: IPsec transport mode"
384 default y
385 select XFRM
386 ---help---
387 Support for IPsec transport mode.
388
389 If unsure, say Y.
390
391config INET_XFRM_MODE_TUNNEL
392 tristate "IP: IPsec tunnel mode"
393 default y
394 select XFRM
395 ---help---
396 Support for IPsec tunnel mode.
397
398 If unsure, say Y.
399
Diego Beltrami0a694522006-10-03 23:47:05 -0700400config INET_XFRM_MODE_BEET
401 tristate "IP: IPsec BEET mode"
402 default y
403 select XFRM
404 ---help---
405 Support for IPsec BEET mode.
406
407 If unsure, say Y.
408
Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo17b085e2005-08-12 12:59:17 -0300409config INET_DIAG
410 tristate "INET: socket monitoring interface"
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700411 default y
412 ---help---
Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo73c1f4a2005-08-12 12:51:49 -0300413 Support for INET (TCP, DCCP, etc) socket monitoring interface used by
414 native Linux tools such as ss. ss is included in iproute2, currently
Michael Wittenc996d8b2010-11-15 19:55:34 +0000415 downloadable at:
416
417 http://www.linuxfoundation.org/collaborate/workgroups/networking/iproute2
Jesper Dangaard Brouera6e8f272009-02-22 00:07:13 -0800418
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700419 If unsure, say Y.
420
Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo17b085e2005-08-12 12:59:17 -0300421config INET_TCP_DIAG
422 depends on INET_DIAG
423 def_tristate INET_DIAG
424
Pavel Emelyanov507dd792011-12-09 06:24:36 +0000425config INET_UDP_DIAG
David S. Miller6d62a662012-01-07 12:13:06 -0800426 tristate "UDP: socket monitoring interface"
Anisse Astier6d258862012-02-07 07:39:11 +0000427 depends on INET_DIAG && (IPV6 || IPV6=n)
David S. Miller6d62a662012-01-07 12:13:06 -0800428 default n
429 ---help---
430 Support for UDP socket monitoring interface used by the ss tool.
431 If unsure, say Y.
Pavel Emelyanov507dd792011-12-09 06:24:36 +0000432
Lorenzo Colittic1e64e22015-12-16 12:30:05 +0900433config INET_DIAG_DESTROY
434 bool "INET: allow privileged process to administratively close sockets"
435 depends on INET_DIAG
436 default n
437 ---help---
438 Provides a SOCK_DESTROY operation that allows privileged processes
439 (e.g., a connection manager or a network administration tool such as
440 ss) to close sockets opened by other processes. Closing a socket in
441 this way interrupts any blocking read/write/connect operations on
442 the socket and causes future socket calls to behave as if the socket
443 had been disconnected.
444 If unsure, say N.
445
Stephen Hemminger3d2573f2006-09-24 20:11:58 -0700446menuconfig TCP_CONG_ADVANCED
David S. Millera6484042005-06-24 18:07:51 -0700447 bool "TCP: advanced congestion control"
David S. Millera6484042005-06-24 18:07:51 -0700448 ---help---
449 Support for selection of various TCP congestion control
450 modules.
451
452 Nearly all users can safely say no here, and a safe default
Stephen Hemminger597811e2006-09-24 20:13:03 -0700453 selection will be made (CUBIC with new Reno as a fallback).
David S. Millera6484042005-06-24 18:07:51 -0700454
455 If unsure, say N.
456
Stephen Hemminger3d2573f2006-09-24 20:11:58 -0700457if TCP_CONG_ADVANCED
Stephen Hemminger83803032005-06-23 12:23:25 -0700458
459config TCP_CONG_BIC
460 tristate "Binary Increase Congestion (BIC) control"
Stephen Hemminger597811e2006-09-24 20:13:03 -0700461 default m
Stephen Hemminger83803032005-06-23 12:23:25 -0700462 ---help---
463 BIC-TCP is a sender-side only change that ensures a linear RTT
464 fairness under large windows while offering both scalability and
465 bounded TCP-friendliness. The protocol combines two schemes
466 called additive increase and binary search increase. When the
467 congestion window is large, additive increase with a large
468 increment ensures linear RTT fairness as well as good
469 scalability. Under small congestion windows, binary search
470 increase provides TCP friendliness.
471 See http://www.csc.ncsu.edu/faculty/rhee/export/bitcp/
472
Stephen Hemmingerdf3271f2005-12-13 23:13:28 -0800473config TCP_CONG_CUBIC
474 tristate "CUBIC TCP"
Stephen Hemminger597811e2006-09-24 20:13:03 -0700475 default y
Stephen Hemmingerdf3271f2005-12-13 23:13:28 -0800476 ---help---
477 This is version 2.0 of BIC-TCP which uses a cubic growth function
478 among other techniques.
479 See http://www.csc.ncsu.edu/faculty/rhee/export/bitcp/cubic-paper.pdf
480
Stephen Hemminger87270762005-06-23 12:24:09 -0700481config TCP_CONG_WESTWOOD
482 tristate "TCP Westwood+"
Stephen Hemminger87270762005-06-23 12:24:09 -0700483 default m
484 ---help---
485 TCP Westwood+ is a sender-side only modification of the TCP Reno
486 protocol stack that optimizes the performance of TCP congestion
487 control. It is based on end-to-end bandwidth estimation to set
488 congestion window and slow start threshold after a congestion
489 episode. Using this estimation, TCP Westwood+ adaptively sets a
490 slow start threshold and a congestion window which takes into
491 account the bandwidth used at the time congestion is experienced.
492 TCP Westwood+ significantly increases fairness wrt TCP Reno in
493 wired networks and throughput over wireless links.
494
Baruch Evena7868ea2005-06-23 12:28:11 -0700495config TCP_CONG_HTCP
496 tristate "H-TCP"
Baruch Evena7868ea2005-06-23 12:28:11 -0700497 default m
498 ---help---
499 H-TCP is a send-side only modifications of the TCP Reno
500 protocol stack that optimizes the performance of TCP
501 congestion control for high speed network links. It uses a
502 modeswitch to change the alpha and beta parameters of TCP Reno
503 based on network conditions and in a way so as to be fair with
504 other Reno and H-TCP flows.
505
John Heffnera628d292005-06-23 12:24:58 -0700506config TCP_CONG_HSTCP
507 tristate "High Speed TCP"
John Heffnera628d292005-06-23 12:24:58 -0700508 default n
509 ---help---
510 Sally Floyd's High Speed TCP (RFC 3649) congestion control.
511 A modification to TCP's congestion control mechanism for use
512 with large congestion windows. A table indicates how much to
513 increase the congestion window by when an ACK is received.
514 For more detail see http://www.icir.org/floyd/hstcp.html
515
Daniele Lacamera835b3f02005-06-23 12:26:34 -0700516config TCP_CONG_HYBLA
517 tristate "TCP-Hybla congestion control algorithm"
Daniele Lacamera835b3f02005-06-23 12:26:34 -0700518 default n
519 ---help---
520 TCP-Hybla is a sender-side only change that eliminates penalization of
521 long-RTT, large-bandwidth connections, like when satellite legs are
Matt LaPlante44c09202006-10-03 22:34:14 +0200522 involved, especially when sharing a common bottleneck with normal
Daniele Lacamera835b3f02005-06-23 12:26:34 -0700523 terrestrial connections.
524
Stephen Hemmingerb87d8562005-06-23 12:27:19 -0700525config TCP_CONG_VEGAS
526 tristate "TCP Vegas"
Stephen Hemmingerb87d8562005-06-23 12:27:19 -0700527 default n
528 ---help---
529 TCP Vegas is a sender-side only change to TCP that anticipates
530 the onset of congestion by estimating the bandwidth. TCP Vegas
531 adjusts the sending rate by modifying the congestion
532 window. TCP Vegas should provide less packet loss, but it is
533 not as aggressive as TCP Reno.
534
Lawrence Brakmo699fafa2016-06-08 21:16:45 -0700535config TCP_CONG_NV
536 tristate "TCP NV"
537 default n
538 ---help---
539 TCP NV is a follow up to TCP Vegas. It has been modified to deal with
540 10G networks, measurement noise introduced by LRO, GRO and interrupt
541 coalescence. In addition, it will decrease its cwnd multiplicatively
542 instead of linearly.
543
544 Note that in general congestion avoidance (cwnd decreased when # packets
545 queued grows) cannot coexist with congestion control (cwnd decreased only
546 when there is packet loss) due to fairness issues. One scenario when they
547 can coexist safely is when the CA flows have RTTs << CC flows RTTs.
548
549 For further details see http://www.brakmo.org/networking/tcp-nv/
550
John Heffner0e579762005-06-23 12:29:07 -0700551config TCP_CONG_SCALABLE
552 tristate "Scalable TCP"
John Heffner0e579762005-06-23 12:29:07 -0700553 default n
554 ---help---
555 Scalable TCP is a sender-side only change to TCP which uses a
556 MIMD congestion control algorithm which has some nice scaling
557 properties, though is known to have fairness issues.
Baruch Evenf4b94792007-02-21 19:32:37 -0800558 See http://www.deneholme.net/tom/scalable/
Baruch Evena7868ea2005-06-23 12:28:11 -0700559
Wong Hoi Sing Edison7c106d72006-06-05 17:27:58 -0700560config TCP_CONG_LP
561 tristate "TCP Low Priority"
Wong Hoi Sing Edison7c106d72006-06-05 17:27:58 -0700562 default n
563 ---help---
564 TCP Low Priority (TCP-LP), a distributed algorithm whose goal is
Matt LaPlantecab00892006-10-03 22:36:44 +0200565 to utilize only the excess network bandwidth as compared to the
Wong Hoi Sing Edison7c106d72006-06-05 17:27:58 -0700566 ``fair share`` of bandwidth as targeted by TCP.
567 See http://www-ece.rice.edu/networks/TCP-LP/
568
Bin Zhou76f10172006-06-05 17:28:30 -0700569config TCP_CONG_VENO
570 tristate "TCP Veno"
Bin Zhou76f10172006-06-05 17:28:30 -0700571 default n
572 ---help---
573 TCP Veno is a sender-side only enhancement of TCP to obtain better
574 throughput over wireless networks. TCP Veno makes use of state
575 distinguishing to circumvent the difficult judgment of the packet loss
576 type. TCP Veno cuts down less congestion window in response to random
577 loss packets.
Justin P. Mattock631dd1a2010-10-18 11:03:14 +0200578 See <http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/freeabs_all.jsp?arnumber=1177186>
Bin Zhou76f10172006-06-05 17:28:30 -0700579
Angelo P. Castellani5ef81472007-02-22 00:23:05 -0800580config TCP_CONG_YEAH
581 tristate "YeAH TCP"
David S. Miller2ff011e2007-05-17 00:07:47 -0700582 select TCP_CONG_VEGAS
Angelo P. Castellani5ef81472007-02-22 00:23:05 -0800583 default n
584 ---help---
585 YeAH-TCP is a sender-side high-speed enabled TCP congestion control
586 algorithm, which uses a mixed loss/delay approach to compute the
587 congestion window. It's design goals target high efficiency,
588 internal, RTT and Reno fairness, resilience to link loss while
589 keeping network elements load as low as possible.
590
591 For further details look here:
592 http://wil.cs.caltech.edu/pfldnet2007/paper/YeAH_TCP.pdf
593
Stephen Hemmingerc4622382007-04-20 17:07:51 -0700594config TCP_CONG_ILLINOIS
595 tristate "TCP Illinois"
Stephen Hemmingerc4622382007-04-20 17:07:51 -0700596 default n
597 ---help---
Matt LaPlante01dd2fb2007-10-20 01:34:40 +0200598 TCP-Illinois is a sender-side modification of TCP Reno for
Stephen Hemmingerc4622382007-04-20 17:07:51 -0700599 high speed long delay links. It uses round-trip-time to
600 adjust the alpha and beta parameters to achieve a higher average
601 throughput and maintain fairness.
602
603 For further details see:
604 http://www.ews.uiuc.edu/~shaoliu/tcpillinois/index.html
605
Daniel Borkmanne3118e82014-09-26 22:37:36 +0200606config TCP_CONG_DCTCP
607 tristate "DataCenter TCP (DCTCP)"
608 default n
609 ---help---
610 DCTCP leverages Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN) in the network to
611 provide multi-bit feedback to the end hosts. It is designed to provide:
612
613 - High burst tolerance (incast due to partition/aggregate),
614 - Low latency (short flows, queries),
615 - High throughput (continuous data updates, large file transfers) with
616 commodity, shallow-buffered switches.
617
618 All switches in the data center network running DCTCP must support
619 ECN marking and be configured for marking when reaching defined switch
620 buffer thresholds. The default ECN marking threshold heuristic for
621 DCTCP on switches is 20 packets (30KB) at 1Gbps, and 65 packets
622 (~100KB) at 10Gbps, but might need further careful tweaking.
623
624 For further details see:
625 http://simula.stanford.edu/~alizade/Site/DCTCP_files/dctcp-final.pdf
626
Kenneth Klette Jonassen2b0a8c92015-06-10 19:08:17 +0200627config TCP_CONG_CDG
628 tristate "CAIA Delay-Gradient (CDG)"
629 default n
630 ---help---
631 CAIA Delay-Gradient (CDG) is a TCP congestion control that modifies
632 the TCP sender in order to:
633
634 o Use the delay gradient as a congestion signal.
635 o Back off with an average probability that is independent of the RTT.
636 o Coexist with flows that use loss-based congestion control.
637 o Tolerate packet loss unrelated to congestion.
638
639 For further details see:
640 D.A. Hayes and G. Armitage. "Revisiting TCP congestion control using
641 delay gradients." In Networking 2011. Preprint: http://goo.gl/No3vdg
642
Neal Cardwell0f8782e2016-09-19 23:39:23 -0400643config TCP_CONG_BBR
644 tristate "BBR TCP"
645 default n
646 ---help---
647
648 BBR (Bottleneck Bandwidth and RTT) TCP congestion control aims to
649 maximize network utilization and minimize queues. It builds an explicit
650 model of the the bottleneck delivery rate and path round-trip
651 propagation delay. It tolerates packet loss and delay unrelated to
652 congestion. It can operate over LAN, WAN, cellular, wifi, or cable
653 modem links. It can coexist with flows that use loss-based congestion
654 control, and can operate with shallow buffers, deep buffers,
655 bufferbloat, policers, or AQM schemes that do not provide a delay
656 signal. It requires the fq ("Fair Queue") pacing packet scheduler.
657
Stephen Hemminger3d2573f2006-09-24 20:11:58 -0700658choice
659 prompt "Default TCP congestion control"
Stephen Hemminger597811e2006-09-24 20:13:03 -0700660 default DEFAULT_CUBIC
Stephen Hemminger3d2573f2006-09-24 20:11:58 -0700661 help
662 Select the TCP congestion control that will be used by default
663 for all connections.
664
665 config DEFAULT_BIC
666 bool "Bic" if TCP_CONG_BIC=y
667
668 config DEFAULT_CUBIC
669 bool "Cubic" if TCP_CONG_CUBIC=y
670
671 config DEFAULT_HTCP
672 bool "Htcp" if TCP_CONG_HTCP=y
673
Jan Engelhardtdd2acaa2010-03-11 09:57:27 +0000674 config DEFAULT_HYBLA
675 bool "Hybla" if TCP_CONG_HYBLA=y
676
Stephen Hemminger3d2573f2006-09-24 20:11:58 -0700677 config DEFAULT_VEGAS
678 bool "Vegas" if TCP_CONG_VEGAS=y
679
Jan Engelhardt6ce1a6d2010-03-11 09:57:28 +0000680 config DEFAULT_VENO
681 bool "Veno" if TCP_CONG_VENO=y
682
Stephen Hemminger3d2573f2006-09-24 20:11:58 -0700683 config DEFAULT_WESTWOOD
684 bool "Westwood" if TCP_CONG_WESTWOOD=y
685
Daniel Borkmanne3118e82014-09-26 22:37:36 +0200686 config DEFAULT_DCTCP
687 bool "DCTCP" if TCP_CONG_DCTCP=y
688
Kenneth Klette Jonassen2b0a8c92015-06-10 19:08:17 +0200689 config DEFAULT_CDG
690 bool "CDG" if TCP_CONG_CDG=y
691
Neal Cardwell0f8782e2016-09-19 23:39:23 -0400692 config DEFAULT_BBR
693 bool "BBR" if TCP_CONG_BBR=y
694
Stephen Hemminger3d2573f2006-09-24 20:11:58 -0700695 config DEFAULT_RENO
696 bool "Reno"
Stephen Hemminger3d2573f2006-09-24 20:11:58 -0700697endchoice
698
699endif
Stephen Hemminger83803032005-06-23 12:23:25 -0700700
Stephen Hemminger597811e2006-09-24 20:13:03 -0700701config TCP_CONG_CUBIC
David S. Miller6c360762005-06-26 15:20:20 -0700702 tristate
David S. Millera6484042005-06-24 18:07:51 -0700703 depends on !TCP_CONG_ADVANCED
704 default y
705
Stephen Hemminger3d2573f2006-09-24 20:11:58 -0700706config DEFAULT_TCP_CONG
707 string
708 default "bic" if DEFAULT_BIC
709 default "cubic" if DEFAULT_CUBIC
710 default "htcp" if DEFAULT_HTCP
Jan Engelhardtdd2acaa2010-03-11 09:57:27 +0000711 default "hybla" if DEFAULT_HYBLA
Stephen Hemminger3d2573f2006-09-24 20:11:58 -0700712 default "vegas" if DEFAULT_VEGAS
713 default "westwood" if DEFAULT_WESTWOOD
Jan Engelhardt6ce1a6d2010-03-11 09:57:28 +0000714 default "veno" if DEFAULT_VENO
Stephen Hemminger3d2573f2006-09-24 20:11:58 -0700715 default "reno" if DEFAULT_RENO
Daniel Borkmanne3118e82014-09-26 22:37:36 +0200716 default "dctcp" if DEFAULT_DCTCP
Kenneth Klette Jonassen2b0a8c92015-06-10 19:08:17 +0200717 default "cdg" if DEFAULT_CDG
Stephen Hemminger597811e2006-09-24 20:13:03 -0700718 default "cubic"
Stephen Hemminger3d2573f2006-09-24 20:11:58 -0700719
YOSHIFUJI Hideakicfb6eeb2006-11-14 19:07:45 -0800720config TCP_MD5SIG
Kees Cook44fbe922012-10-02 11:19:48 -0700721 bool "TCP: MD5 Signature Option support (RFC2385)"
YOSHIFUJI Hideakicfb6eeb2006-11-14 19:07:45 -0800722 select CRYPTO
723 select CRYPTO_MD5
724 ---help---
David Sterba3dde6ad2007-05-09 07:12:20 +0200725 RFC2385 specifies a method of giving MD5 protection to TCP sessions.
YOSHIFUJI Hideakicfb6eeb2006-11-14 19:07:45 -0800726 Its main (only?) use is to protect BGP sessions between core routers
727 on the Internet.
728
729 If unsure, say N.