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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
Stephen Hemminger12ed3772017-10-11 20:10:31 -070073 If you need more information, see the Linux Advanced
74 Routing and Traffic Control documentation at
75 <http://lartc.org/howto/lartc.rpdb.html>
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070076
77 If unsure, say N.
78
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070079config IP_ROUTE_MULTIPATH
80 bool "IP: equal cost multipath"
81 depends on IP_ADVANCED_ROUTER
82 help
83 Normally, the routing tables specify a single action to be taken in
84 a deterministic manner for a given packet. If you say Y here
85 however, it becomes possible to attach several actions to a packet
86 pattern, in effect specifying several alternative paths to travel
87 for those packets. The router considers all these paths to be of
88 equal "cost" and chooses one of them in a non-deterministic fashion
89 if a matching packet arrives.
90
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070091config IP_ROUTE_VERBOSE
92 bool "IP: verbose route monitoring"
93 depends on IP_ADVANCED_ROUTER
94 help
95 If you say Y here, which is recommended, then the kernel will print
96 verbose messages regarding the routing, for example warnings about
97 received packets which look strange and could be evidence of an
98 attack or a misconfigured system somewhere. The information is
99 handled by the klogd daemon which is responsible for kernel messages
100 ("man klogd").
101
Patrick McHardyc7066f72011-01-14 13:36:42 +0100102config IP_ROUTE_CLASSID
103 bool
104
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700105config IP_PNP
106 bool "IP: kernel level autoconfiguration"
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700107 help
108 This enables automatic configuration of IP addresses of devices and
109 of the routing table during kernel boot, based on either information
110 supplied on the kernel command line or by BOOTP or RARP protocols.
111 You need to say Y only for diskless machines requiring network
112 access to boot (in which case you want to say Y to "Root file system
113 on NFS" as well), because all other machines configure the network
114 in their startup scripts.
115
116config IP_PNP_DHCP
117 bool "IP: DHCP support"
118 depends on IP_PNP
119 ---help---
120 If you want your Linux box to mount its whole root file system (the
121 one containing the directory /) from some other computer over the
122 net via NFS and you want the IP address of your computer to be
123 discovered automatically at boot time using the DHCP protocol (a
124 special protocol designed for doing this job), say Y here. In case
125 the boot ROM of your network card was designed for booting Linux and
126 does DHCP itself, providing all necessary information on the kernel
127 command line, you can say N here.
128
129 If unsure, say Y. Note that if you want to use DHCP, a DHCP server
130 must be operating on your network. Read
J. Bruce Fieldsdc7a0812009-10-27 14:41:35 -0400131 <file:Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfsroot.txt> for details.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700132
133config IP_PNP_BOOTP
134 bool "IP: BOOTP support"
135 depends on IP_PNP
136 ---help---
137 If you want your Linux box to mount its whole root file system (the
138 one containing the directory /) from some other computer over the
139 net via NFS and you want the IP address of your computer to be
140 discovered automatically at boot time using the BOOTP protocol (a
141 special protocol designed for doing this job), say Y here. In case
142 the boot ROM of your network card was designed for booting Linux and
143 does BOOTP itself, providing all necessary information on the kernel
144 command line, you can say N here. If unsure, say Y. Note that if you
145 want to use BOOTP, a BOOTP server must be operating on your network.
J. Bruce Fieldsdc7a0812009-10-27 14:41:35 -0400146 Read <file:Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfsroot.txt> for details.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700147
148config IP_PNP_RARP
149 bool "IP: RARP support"
150 depends on IP_PNP
151 help
152 If you want your Linux box to mount its whole root file system (the
153 one containing the directory /) from some other computer over the
154 net via NFS and you want the IP address of your computer to be
155 discovered automatically at boot time using the RARP protocol (an
156 older protocol which is being obsoleted by BOOTP and DHCP), say Y
157 here. Note that if you want to use RARP, a RARP server must be
J. Bruce Fields6ded55d2008-04-07 15:59:03 -0400158 operating on your network. Read
J. Bruce Fieldsdc7a0812009-10-27 14:41:35 -0400159 <file:Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfsroot.txt> for details.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700160
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700161config NET_IPIP
162 tristate "IP: tunneling"
Herbert Xud2acc342006-03-28 01:12:13 -0800163 select INET_TUNNEL
Pravin B Shelarfd581562013-03-25 14:49:41 +0000164 select NET_IP_TUNNEL
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700165 ---help---
166 Tunneling means encapsulating data of one protocol type within
167 another protocol and sending it over a channel that understands the
168 encapsulating protocol. This particular tunneling driver implements
169 encapsulation of IP within IP, which sounds kind of pointless, but
170 can be useful if you want to make your (or some other) machine
171 appear on a different network than it physically is, or to use
172 mobile-IP facilities (allowing laptops to seamlessly move between
173 networks without changing their IP addresses).
174
175 Saying Y to this option will produce two modules ( = code which can
176 be inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you
177 want). Most people won't need this and can say N.
178
Dmitry Kozlov00959ad2010-08-21 23:05:39 -0700179config NET_IPGRE_DEMUX
180 tristate "IP: GRE demultiplexer"
181 help
182 This is helper module to demultiplex GRE packets on GRE version field criteria.
183 Required by ip_gre and pptp modules.
184
Pravin B Shelarc5441932013-03-25 14:49:35 +0000185config NET_IP_TUNNEL
186 tristate
Paolo Abenie09acdd2016-02-12 15:43:55 +0100187 select DST_CACHE
Eric Dumazet97e219b2017-02-07 15:37:15 -0800188 select GRO_CELLS
Pravin B Shelarc5441932013-03-25 14:49:35 +0000189 default n
190
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700191config NET_IPGRE
192 tristate "IP: GRE tunnels over IP"
David S. Miller21a180c2010-10-04 11:56:38 -0700193 depends on (IPV6 || IPV6=n) && NET_IPGRE_DEMUX
Pravin B Shelarc5441932013-03-25 14:49:35 +0000194 select NET_IP_TUNNEL
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700195 help
196 Tunneling means encapsulating data of one protocol type within
197 another protocol and sending it over a channel that understands the
198 encapsulating protocol. This particular tunneling driver implements
199 GRE (Generic Routing Encapsulation) and at this time allows
200 encapsulating of IPv4 or IPv6 over existing IPv4 infrastructure.
201 This driver is useful if the other endpoint is a Cisco router: Cisco
202 likes GRE much better than the other Linux tunneling driver ("IP
203 tunneling" above). In addition, GRE allows multicast redistribution
204 through the tunnel.
205
206config NET_IPGRE_BROADCAST
207 bool "IP: broadcast GRE over IP"
208 depends on IP_MULTICAST && NET_IPGRE
209 help
210 One application of GRE/IP is to construct a broadcast WAN (Wide Area
211 Network), which looks like a normal Ethernet LAN (Local Area
212 Network), but can be distributed all over the Internet. If you want
213 to do that, say Y here and to "IP multicast routing" below.
214
Yuval Mintz6853f212018-02-28 23:29:29 +0200215config IP_MROUTE_COMMON
216 bool
217 depends on IP_MROUTE || IPV6_MROUTE
218
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700219config IP_MROUTE
220 bool "IP: multicast routing"
221 depends on IP_MULTICAST
Yuval Mintz6853f212018-02-28 23:29:29 +0200222 select IP_MROUTE_COMMON
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700223 help
224 This is used if you want your machine to act as a router for IP
225 packets that have several destination addresses. It is needed on the
226 MBONE, a high bandwidth network on top of the Internet which carries
227 audio and video broadcasts. In order to do that, you would most
Jean Sacren4960c2c2013-06-01 16:23:17 +0000228 likely run the program mrouted. If you haven't heard about it, you
229 don't need it.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700230
Patrick McHardyf0ad0862010-04-13 05:03:23 +0000231config IP_MROUTE_MULTIPLE_TABLES
232 bool "IP: multicast policy routing"
Patrick McHardy66496d42010-04-15 13:29:27 +0200233 depends on IP_MROUTE && IP_ADVANCED_ROUTER
Patrick McHardyf0ad0862010-04-13 05:03:23 +0000234 select FIB_RULES
235 help
236 Normally, a multicast router runs a userspace daemon and decides
237 what to do with a multicast packet based on the source and
238 destination addresses. If you say Y here, the multicast router
239 will also be able to take interfaces and packet marks into
240 account and run multiple instances of userspace daemons
241 simultaneously, each one handling a single table.
242
243 If unsure, say N.
244
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700245config IP_PIMSM_V1
246 bool "IP: PIM-SM version 1 support"
247 depends on IP_MROUTE
248 help
249 Kernel side support for Sparse Mode PIM (Protocol Independent
250 Multicast) version 1. This multicast routing protocol is used widely
251 because Cisco supports it. You need special software to use it
252 (pimd-v1). Please see <http://netweb.usc.edu/pim/> for more
253 information about PIM.
254
255 Say Y if you want to use PIM-SM v1. Note that you can say N here if
256 you just want to use Dense Mode PIM.
257
258config IP_PIMSM_V2
259 bool "IP: PIM-SM version 2 support"
260 depends on IP_MROUTE
261 help
262 Kernel side support for Sparse Mode PIM version 2. In order to use
263 this, you need an experimental routing daemon supporting it (pimd or
264 gated-5). This routing protocol is not used widely, so say N unless
265 you want to play with it.
266
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700267config SYN_COOKIES
Florian Westphal57f15532010-06-03 00:42:30 +0000268 bool "IP: TCP syncookie support"
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700269 ---help---
270 Normal TCP/IP networking is open to an attack known as "SYN
271 flooding". This denial-of-service attack prevents legitimate remote
272 users from being able to connect to your computer during an ongoing
273 attack and requires very little work from the attacker, who can
274 operate from anywhere on the Internet.
275
276 SYN cookies provide protection against this type of attack. If you
277 say Y here, the TCP/IP stack will use a cryptographic challenge
278 protocol known as "SYN cookies" to enable legitimate users to
279 continue to connect, even when your machine is under attack. There
280 is no need for the legitimate users to change their TCP/IP software;
281 SYN cookies work transparently to them. For technical information
282 about SYN cookies, check out <http://cr.yp.to/syncookies.html>.
283
284 If you are SYN flooded, the source address reported by the kernel is
285 likely to have been forged by the attacker; it is only reported as
286 an aid in tracing the packets to their actual source and should not
287 be taken as absolute truth.
288
289 SYN cookies may prevent correct error reporting on clients when the
290 server is really overloaded. If this happens frequently better turn
291 them off.
292
Florian Westphal57f15532010-06-03 00:42:30 +0000293 If you say Y here, you can disable SYN cookies at run time by
294 saying Y to "/proc file system support" and
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700295 "Sysctl support" below and executing the command
296
Florian Westphal57f15532010-06-03 00:42:30 +0000297 echo 0 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_syncookies
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700298
Florian Westphal57f15532010-06-03 00:42:30 +0000299 after the /proc file system has been mounted.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700300
301 If unsure, say N.
302
Saurabh11814122012-07-17 09:44:54 +0000303config NET_IPVTI
304 tristate "Virtual (secure) IP: tunneling"
305 select INET_TUNNEL
Pravin B Shelarf61dd382013-03-25 14:50:00 +0000306 select NET_IP_TUNNEL
Saurabh11814122012-07-17 09:44:54 +0000307 depends on INET_XFRM_MODE_TUNNEL
308 ---help---
309 Tunneling means encapsulating data of one protocol type within
310 another protocol and sending it over a channel that understands the
311 encapsulating protocol. This can be used with xfrm mode tunnel to give
312 the notion of a secure tunnel for IPSEC and then use routing protocol
313 on top.
314
Tom Herbert8024e022014-07-13 19:49:37 -0700315config NET_UDP_TUNNEL
316 tristate
Andy Zhou7c5df8f2014-10-06 15:15:14 -0700317 select NET_IP_TUNNEL
Tom Herbert8024e022014-07-13 19:49:37 -0700318 default n
319
Tom Herbert23461552014-09-17 12:25:56 -0700320config NET_FOU
321 tristate "IP: Foo (IP protocols) over UDP"
322 select XFRM
323 select NET_UDP_TUNNEL
324 ---help---
325 Foo over UDP allows any IP protocol to be directly encapsulated
326 over UDP include tunnels (IPIP, GRE, SIT). By encapsulating in UDP
327 network mechanisms and optimizations for UDP (such as ECMP
328 and RSS) can be leveraged to provide better service.
329
Tom Herbert63487ba2014-11-04 09:06:51 -0800330config NET_FOU_IP_TUNNELS
331 bool "IP: FOU encapsulation of IP tunnels"
332 depends on NET_IPIP || NET_IPGRE || IPV6_SIT
333 select NET_FOU
334 ---help---
335 Allow configuration of FOU or GUE encapsulation for IP tunnels.
336 When this option is enabled IP tunnels can be configured to use
337 FOU or GUE encapsulation.
338
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700339config INET_AH
340 tristate "IP: AH transformation"
Jan Beulich7e152522012-05-15 01:57:44 +0000341 select XFRM_ALGO
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700342 select CRYPTO
343 select CRYPTO_HMAC
344 select CRYPTO_MD5
345 select CRYPTO_SHA1
346 ---help---
347 Support for IPsec AH.
348
349 If unsure, say Y.
350
351config INET_ESP
352 tristate "IP: ESP transformation"
Jan Beulich7e152522012-05-15 01:57:44 +0000353 select XFRM_ALGO
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700354 select CRYPTO
Herbert Xued58dd42008-03-04 14:29:21 -0800355 select CRYPTO_AUTHENC
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700356 select CRYPTO_HMAC
357 select CRYPTO_MD5
Herbert Xu6b7326c2006-07-30 15:41:01 +1000358 select CRYPTO_CBC
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700359 select CRYPTO_SHA1
360 select CRYPTO_DES
Thomas Egerer32b6170c2016-01-25 12:58:44 +0100361 select CRYPTO_ECHAINIV
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700362 ---help---
363 Support for IPsec ESP.
364
365 If unsure, say Y.
366
Steffen Klassert7785bba2017-02-15 09:40:00 +0100367config INET_ESP_OFFLOAD
368 tristate "IP: ESP transformation offload"
369 depends on INET_ESP
370 select XFRM_OFFLOAD
371 default n
372 ---help---
373 Support for ESP transformation offload. This makes sense
374 only if this system really does IPsec and want to do it
375 with high throughput. A typical desktop system does not
376 need it, even if it does IPsec.
377
378 If unsure, say N.
379
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700380config INET_IPCOMP
381 tristate "IP: IPComp transformation"
Herbert Xud2acc342006-03-28 01:12:13 -0800382 select INET_XFRM_TUNNEL
Herbert Xu6fccab62008-07-25 02:54:40 -0700383 select XFRM_IPCOMP
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700384 ---help---
385 Support for IP Payload Compression Protocol (IPComp) (RFC3173),
386 typically needed for IPsec.
Jesper Dangaard Brouera6e8f272009-02-22 00:07:13 -0800387
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700388 If unsure, say Y.
389
Herbert Xud2acc342006-03-28 01:12:13 -0800390config INET_XFRM_TUNNEL
391 tristate
392 select INET_TUNNEL
393 default n
394
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700395config INET_TUNNEL
Herbert Xud2acc342006-03-28 01:12:13 -0800396 tristate
397 default n
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700398
Herbert Xub59f45d2006-05-27 23:05:54 -0700399config INET_XFRM_MODE_TRANSPORT
400 tristate "IP: IPsec transport mode"
401 default y
402 select XFRM
403 ---help---
404 Support for IPsec transport mode.
405
406 If unsure, say Y.
407
408config INET_XFRM_MODE_TUNNEL
409 tristate "IP: IPsec tunnel mode"
410 default y
411 select XFRM
412 ---help---
413 Support for IPsec tunnel mode.
414
415 If unsure, say Y.
416
Diego Beltrami0a694522006-10-03 23:47:05 -0700417config INET_XFRM_MODE_BEET
418 tristate "IP: IPsec BEET mode"
419 default y
420 select XFRM
421 ---help---
422 Support for IPsec BEET mode.
423
424 If unsure, say Y.
425
Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo17b085e2005-08-12 12:59:17 -0300426config INET_DIAG
427 tristate "INET: socket monitoring interface"
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700428 default y
429 ---help---
Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo73c1f4a2005-08-12 12:51:49 -0300430 Support for INET (TCP, DCCP, etc) socket monitoring interface used by
431 native Linux tools such as ss. ss is included in iproute2, currently
Michael Wittenc996d8b2010-11-15 19:55:34 +0000432 downloadable at:
Stephen Hemmingere446a272018-07-24 12:29:18 -0700433
Michael Wittenc996d8b2010-11-15 19:55:34 +0000434 http://www.linuxfoundation.org/collaborate/workgroups/networking/iproute2
Jesper Dangaard Brouera6e8f272009-02-22 00:07:13 -0800435
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700436 If unsure, say Y.
437
Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo17b085e2005-08-12 12:59:17 -0300438config INET_TCP_DIAG
439 depends on INET_DIAG
440 def_tristate INET_DIAG
441
Pavel Emelyanov507dd792011-12-09 06:24:36 +0000442config INET_UDP_DIAG
David S. Miller6d62a662012-01-07 12:13:06 -0800443 tristate "UDP: socket monitoring interface"
Anisse Astier6d258862012-02-07 07:39:11 +0000444 depends on INET_DIAG && (IPV6 || IPV6=n)
David S. Miller6d62a662012-01-07 12:13:06 -0800445 default n
446 ---help---
447 Support for UDP socket monitoring interface used by the ss tool.
448 If unsure, say Y.
Pavel Emelyanov507dd792011-12-09 06:24:36 +0000449
Cyrill Gorcunov432490f2016-10-21 13:03:44 +0300450config INET_RAW_DIAG
451 tristate "RAW: socket monitoring interface"
452 depends on INET_DIAG && (IPV6 || IPV6=n)
453 default n
454 ---help---
455 Support for RAW socket monitoring interface used by the ss tool.
456 If unsure, say Y.
457
Lorenzo Colittic1e64e22015-12-16 12:30:05 +0900458config INET_DIAG_DESTROY
459 bool "INET: allow privileged process to administratively close sockets"
460 depends on INET_DIAG
461 default n
462 ---help---
463 Provides a SOCK_DESTROY operation that allows privileged processes
464 (e.g., a connection manager or a network administration tool such as
465 ss) to close sockets opened by other processes. Closing a socket in
466 this way interrupts any blocking read/write/connect operations on
467 the socket and causes future socket calls to behave as if the socket
468 had been disconnected.
469 If unsure, say N.
470
Stephen Hemminger3d2573f2006-09-24 20:11:58 -0700471menuconfig TCP_CONG_ADVANCED
David S. Millera6484042005-06-24 18:07:51 -0700472 bool "TCP: advanced congestion control"
David S. Millera6484042005-06-24 18:07:51 -0700473 ---help---
474 Support for selection of various TCP congestion control
475 modules.
476
477 Nearly all users can safely say no here, and a safe default
Stephen Hemminger597811e2006-09-24 20:13:03 -0700478 selection will be made (CUBIC with new Reno as a fallback).
David S. Millera6484042005-06-24 18:07:51 -0700479
480 If unsure, say N.
481
Stephen Hemminger3d2573f2006-09-24 20:11:58 -0700482if TCP_CONG_ADVANCED
Stephen Hemminger83803032005-06-23 12:23:25 -0700483
484config TCP_CONG_BIC
485 tristate "Binary Increase Congestion (BIC) control"
Stephen Hemminger597811e2006-09-24 20:13:03 -0700486 default m
Stephen Hemminger83803032005-06-23 12:23:25 -0700487 ---help---
488 BIC-TCP is a sender-side only change that ensures a linear RTT
489 fairness under large windows while offering both scalability and
490 bounded TCP-friendliness. The protocol combines two schemes
491 called additive increase and binary search increase. When the
492 congestion window is large, additive increase with a large
493 increment ensures linear RTT fairness as well as good
494 scalability. Under small congestion windows, binary search
495 increase provides TCP friendliness.
496 See http://www.csc.ncsu.edu/faculty/rhee/export/bitcp/
497
Stephen Hemmingerdf3271f2005-12-13 23:13:28 -0800498config TCP_CONG_CUBIC
499 tristate "CUBIC TCP"
Stephen Hemminger597811e2006-09-24 20:13:03 -0700500 default y
Stephen Hemmingerdf3271f2005-12-13 23:13:28 -0800501 ---help---
502 This is version 2.0 of BIC-TCP which uses a cubic growth function
503 among other techniques.
504 See http://www.csc.ncsu.edu/faculty/rhee/export/bitcp/cubic-paper.pdf
505
Stephen Hemminger87270762005-06-23 12:24:09 -0700506config TCP_CONG_WESTWOOD
507 tristate "TCP Westwood+"
Stephen Hemminger87270762005-06-23 12:24:09 -0700508 default m
509 ---help---
510 TCP Westwood+ is a sender-side only modification of the TCP Reno
511 protocol stack that optimizes the performance of TCP congestion
512 control. It is based on end-to-end bandwidth estimation to set
513 congestion window and slow start threshold after a congestion
514 episode. Using this estimation, TCP Westwood+ adaptively sets a
515 slow start threshold and a congestion window which takes into
516 account the bandwidth used at the time congestion is experienced.
517 TCP Westwood+ significantly increases fairness wrt TCP Reno in
518 wired networks and throughput over wireless links.
519
Baruch Evena7868ea2005-06-23 12:28:11 -0700520config TCP_CONG_HTCP
521 tristate "H-TCP"
Baruch Evena7868ea2005-06-23 12:28:11 -0700522 default m
523 ---help---
524 H-TCP is a send-side only modifications of the TCP Reno
525 protocol stack that optimizes the performance of TCP
526 congestion control for high speed network links. It uses a
527 modeswitch to change the alpha and beta parameters of TCP Reno
528 based on network conditions and in a way so as to be fair with
529 other Reno and H-TCP flows.
530
John Heffnera628d292005-06-23 12:24:58 -0700531config TCP_CONG_HSTCP
532 tristate "High Speed TCP"
John Heffnera628d292005-06-23 12:24:58 -0700533 default n
534 ---help---
535 Sally Floyd's High Speed TCP (RFC 3649) congestion control.
536 A modification to TCP's congestion control mechanism for use
537 with large congestion windows. A table indicates how much to
538 increase the congestion window by when an ACK is received.
539 For more detail see http://www.icir.org/floyd/hstcp.html
540
Daniele Lacamera835b3f02005-06-23 12:26:34 -0700541config TCP_CONG_HYBLA
542 tristate "TCP-Hybla congestion control algorithm"
Daniele Lacamera835b3f02005-06-23 12:26:34 -0700543 default n
544 ---help---
545 TCP-Hybla is a sender-side only change that eliminates penalization of
546 long-RTT, large-bandwidth connections, like when satellite legs are
Matt LaPlante44c09202006-10-03 22:34:14 +0200547 involved, especially when sharing a common bottleneck with normal
Daniele Lacamera835b3f02005-06-23 12:26:34 -0700548 terrestrial connections.
549
Stephen Hemmingerb87d8562005-06-23 12:27:19 -0700550config TCP_CONG_VEGAS
551 tristate "TCP Vegas"
Stephen Hemmingerb87d8562005-06-23 12:27:19 -0700552 default n
553 ---help---
554 TCP Vegas is a sender-side only change to TCP that anticipates
555 the onset of congestion by estimating the bandwidth. TCP Vegas
556 adjusts the sending rate by modifying the congestion
557 window. TCP Vegas should provide less packet loss, but it is
558 not as aggressive as TCP Reno.
559
Lawrence Brakmo699fafa2016-06-08 21:16:45 -0700560config TCP_CONG_NV
561 tristate "TCP NV"
562 default n
563 ---help---
564 TCP NV is a follow up to TCP Vegas. It has been modified to deal with
565 10G networks, measurement noise introduced by LRO, GRO and interrupt
566 coalescence. In addition, it will decrease its cwnd multiplicatively
567 instead of linearly.
568
569 Note that in general congestion avoidance (cwnd decreased when # packets
570 queued grows) cannot coexist with congestion control (cwnd decreased only
571 when there is packet loss) due to fairness issues. One scenario when they
572 can coexist safely is when the CA flows have RTTs << CC flows RTTs.
573
574 For further details see http://www.brakmo.org/networking/tcp-nv/
575
John Heffner0e579762005-06-23 12:29:07 -0700576config TCP_CONG_SCALABLE
577 tristate "Scalable TCP"
John Heffner0e579762005-06-23 12:29:07 -0700578 default n
579 ---help---
580 Scalable TCP is a sender-side only change to TCP which uses a
581 MIMD congestion control algorithm which has some nice scaling
582 properties, though is known to have fairness issues.
Baruch Evenf4b94792007-02-21 19:32:37 -0800583 See http://www.deneholme.net/tom/scalable/
Baruch Evena7868ea2005-06-23 12:28:11 -0700584
Wong Hoi Sing Edison7c106d72006-06-05 17:27:58 -0700585config TCP_CONG_LP
586 tristate "TCP Low Priority"
Wong Hoi Sing Edison7c106d72006-06-05 17:27:58 -0700587 default n
588 ---help---
589 TCP Low Priority (TCP-LP), a distributed algorithm whose goal is
Matt LaPlantecab00892006-10-03 22:36:44 +0200590 to utilize only the excess network bandwidth as compared to the
Wong Hoi Sing Edison7c106d72006-06-05 17:27:58 -0700591 ``fair share`` of bandwidth as targeted by TCP.
592 See http://www-ece.rice.edu/networks/TCP-LP/
593
Bin Zhou76f10172006-06-05 17:28:30 -0700594config TCP_CONG_VENO
595 tristate "TCP Veno"
Bin Zhou76f10172006-06-05 17:28:30 -0700596 default n
597 ---help---
598 TCP Veno is a sender-side only enhancement of TCP to obtain better
599 throughput over wireless networks. TCP Veno makes use of state
600 distinguishing to circumvent the difficult judgment of the packet loss
601 type. TCP Veno cuts down less congestion window in response to random
602 loss packets.
Stephen Hemmingere446a272018-07-24 12:29:18 -0700603 See <http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/freeabs_all.jsp?arnumber=1177186>
Bin Zhou76f10172006-06-05 17:28:30 -0700604
Angelo P. Castellani5ef81472007-02-22 00:23:05 -0800605config TCP_CONG_YEAH
606 tristate "YeAH TCP"
David S. Miller2ff011e2007-05-17 00:07:47 -0700607 select TCP_CONG_VEGAS
Angelo P. Castellani5ef81472007-02-22 00:23:05 -0800608 default n
609 ---help---
610 YeAH-TCP is a sender-side high-speed enabled TCP congestion control
611 algorithm, which uses a mixed loss/delay approach to compute the
612 congestion window. It's design goals target high efficiency,
613 internal, RTT and Reno fairness, resilience to link loss while
614 keeping network elements load as low as possible.
615
616 For further details look here:
617 http://wil.cs.caltech.edu/pfldnet2007/paper/YeAH_TCP.pdf
618
Stephen Hemmingerc4622382007-04-20 17:07:51 -0700619config TCP_CONG_ILLINOIS
620 tristate "TCP Illinois"
Stephen Hemmingerc4622382007-04-20 17:07:51 -0700621 default n
622 ---help---
Matt LaPlante01dd2fb2007-10-20 01:34:40 +0200623 TCP-Illinois is a sender-side modification of TCP Reno for
Stephen Hemmingerc4622382007-04-20 17:07:51 -0700624 high speed long delay links. It uses round-trip-time to
625 adjust the alpha and beta parameters to achieve a higher average
626 throughput and maintain fairness.
627
628 For further details see:
629 http://www.ews.uiuc.edu/~shaoliu/tcpillinois/index.html
630
Daniel Borkmanne3118e82014-09-26 22:37:36 +0200631config TCP_CONG_DCTCP
632 tristate "DataCenter TCP (DCTCP)"
633 default n
634 ---help---
635 DCTCP leverages Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN) in the network to
636 provide multi-bit feedback to the end hosts. It is designed to provide:
637
638 - High burst tolerance (incast due to partition/aggregate),
639 - Low latency (short flows, queries),
640 - High throughput (continuous data updates, large file transfers) with
641 commodity, shallow-buffered switches.
642
643 All switches in the data center network running DCTCP must support
644 ECN marking and be configured for marking when reaching defined switch
645 buffer thresholds. The default ECN marking threshold heuristic for
646 DCTCP on switches is 20 packets (30KB) at 1Gbps, and 65 packets
647 (~100KB) at 10Gbps, but might need further careful tweaking.
648
649 For further details see:
650 http://simula.stanford.edu/~alizade/Site/DCTCP_files/dctcp-final.pdf
651
Kenneth Klette Jonassen2b0a8c92015-06-10 19:08:17 +0200652config TCP_CONG_CDG
653 tristate "CAIA Delay-Gradient (CDG)"
654 default n
655 ---help---
656 CAIA Delay-Gradient (CDG) is a TCP congestion control that modifies
657 the TCP sender in order to:
658
659 o Use the delay gradient as a congestion signal.
660 o Back off with an average probability that is independent of the RTT.
661 o Coexist with flows that use loss-based congestion control.
662 o Tolerate packet loss unrelated to congestion.
663
664 For further details see:
665 D.A. Hayes and G. Armitage. "Revisiting TCP congestion control using
666 delay gradients." In Networking 2011. Preprint: http://goo.gl/No3vdg
667
Neal Cardwell0f8782e2016-09-19 23:39:23 -0400668config TCP_CONG_BBR
669 tristate "BBR TCP"
670 default n
671 ---help---
672
673 BBR (Bottleneck Bandwidth and RTT) TCP congestion control aims to
674 maximize network utilization and minimize queues. It builds an explicit
675 model of the the bottleneck delivery rate and path round-trip
676 propagation delay. It tolerates packet loss and delay unrelated to
677 congestion. It can operate over LAN, WAN, cellular, wifi, or cable
678 modem links. It can coexist with flows that use loss-based congestion
679 control, and can operate with shallow buffers, deep buffers,
680 bufferbloat, policers, or AQM schemes that do not provide a delay
681 signal. It requires the fq ("Fair Queue") pacing packet scheduler.
682
Stephen Hemminger3d2573f2006-09-24 20:11:58 -0700683choice
684 prompt "Default TCP congestion control"
Stephen Hemminger597811e2006-09-24 20:13:03 -0700685 default DEFAULT_CUBIC
Stephen Hemminger3d2573f2006-09-24 20:11:58 -0700686 help
687 Select the TCP congestion control that will be used by default
688 for all connections.
689
690 config DEFAULT_BIC
691 bool "Bic" if TCP_CONG_BIC=y
692
693 config DEFAULT_CUBIC
694 bool "Cubic" if TCP_CONG_CUBIC=y
695
696 config DEFAULT_HTCP
697 bool "Htcp" if TCP_CONG_HTCP=y
698
Jan Engelhardtdd2acaa2010-03-11 09:57:27 +0000699 config DEFAULT_HYBLA
700 bool "Hybla" if TCP_CONG_HYBLA=y
701
Stephen Hemminger3d2573f2006-09-24 20:11:58 -0700702 config DEFAULT_VEGAS
703 bool "Vegas" if TCP_CONG_VEGAS=y
704
Jan Engelhardt6ce1a6d2010-03-11 09:57:28 +0000705 config DEFAULT_VENO
706 bool "Veno" if TCP_CONG_VENO=y
707
Stephen Hemminger3d2573f2006-09-24 20:11:58 -0700708 config DEFAULT_WESTWOOD
709 bool "Westwood" if TCP_CONG_WESTWOOD=y
710
Daniel Borkmanne3118e82014-09-26 22:37:36 +0200711 config DEFAULT_DCTCP
712 bool "DCTCP" if TCP_CONG_DCTCP=y
713
Kenneth Klette Jonassen2b0a8c92015-06-10 19:08:17 +0200714 config DEFAULT_CDG
715 bool "CDG" if TCP_CONG_CDG=y
716
Neal Cardwell0f8782e2016-09-19 23:39:23 -0400717 config DEFAULT_BBR
718 bool "BBR" if TCP_CONG_BBR=y
719
Stephen Hemminger3d2573f2006-09-24 20:11:58 -0700720 config DEFAULT_RENO
721 bool "Reno"
Stephen Hemminger3d2573f2006-09-24 20:11:58 -0700722endchoice
723
724endif
Stephen Hemminger83803032005-06-23 12:23:25 -0700725
Stephen Hemminger597811e2006-09-24 20:13:03 -0700726config TCP_CONG_CUBIC
David S. Miller6c360762005-06-26 15:20:20 -0700727 tristate
David S. Millera6484042005-06-24 18:07:51 -0700728 depends on !TCP_CONG_ADVANCED
729 default y
730
Stephen Hemminger3d2573f2006-09-24 20:11:58 -0700731config DEFAULT_TCP_CONG
732 string
733 default "bic" if DEFAULT_BIC
734 default "cubic" if DEFAULT_CUBIC
735 default "htcp" if DEFAULT_HTCP
Jan Engelhardtdd2acaa2010-03-11 09:57:27 +0000736 default "hybla" if DEFAULT_HYBLA
Stephen Hemminger3d2573f2006-09-24 20:11:58 -0700737 default "vegas" if DEFAULT_VEGAS
738 default "westwood" if DEFAULT_WESTWOOD
Jan Engelhardt6ce1a6d2010-03-11 09:57:28 +0000739 default "veno" if DEFAULT_VENO
Stephen Hemminger3d2573f2006-09-24 20:11:58 -0700740 default "reno" if DEFAULT_RENO
Daniel Borkmanne3118e82014-09-26 22:37:36 +0200741 default "dctcp" if DEFAULT_DCTCP
Kenneth Klette Jonassen2b0a8c92015-06-10 19:08:17 +0200742 default "cdg" if DEFAULT_CDG
Julian Wollrath4df21df2016-11-25 15:05:26 +0100743 default "bbr" if DEFAULT_BBR
Stephen Hemminger597811e2006-09-24 20:13:03 -0700744 default "cubic"
Stephen Hemminger3d2573f2006-09-24 20:11:58 -0700745
YOSHIFUJI Hideakicfb6eeb2006-11-14 19:07:45 -0800746config TCP_MD5SIG
Kees Cook44fbe922012-10-02 11:19:48 -0700747 bool "TCP: MD5 Signature Option support (RFC2385)"
YOSHIFUJI Hideakicfb6eeb2006-11-14 19:07:45 -0800748 select CRYPTO
749 select CRYPTO_MD5
750 ---help---
David Sterba3dde6ad2007-05-09 07:12:20 +0200751 RFC2385 specifies a method of giving MD5 protection to TCP sessions.
YOSHIFUJI Hideakicfb6eeb2006-11-14 19:07:45 -0800752 Its main (only?) use is to protect BGP sessions between core routers
753 on the Internet.
754
755 If unsure, say N.