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Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001The directory ftp.inr.ac.ru:/ip-routing contains:
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3- iproute.c - "professional" routing table maintenance utility.
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5- rdisc.tar.gz - rdisc daemon, ported from Sun.
6 STRONGLY RECOMMENDED FOR ALL HOSTS.
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8- routing.tgz - original Mike McLagan's route by source patch.
9 Currently it is obsolete.
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11- gated.dif-ss<NEWEST>.gz - gated-R3_6Alpha_2 fixes.
12 Look at README.gated
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14- mrouted-3.8.dif.gz - mrouted-3.8 fixes.
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16- rtmon.c - trivial debugging utility: reads and stores netlink.
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19NEWS for user.
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21- Policy based routing. Routing decisions are made on the basis
22 not only of destination address, but also source address,
23 TOS and incoming interface.
24- Complete set of IP level control messages.
25 Now Linux is the only OS in the world complying to RFC requirements.
26 Great win 8)
27- New interface addressing paradigm.
28 Assignment of address ranges to interface,
29 multiple prefixes etc. etc.
30 Do not bother, it is compatible with the old one. Moreover:
31- You don't need to do "route add aaa.bbb.ccc... eth0" anymore,
32 it is done automatically.
33- "Abstract" UNIX sockets and security enhancements.
34 This is necessary to use TIRPC and TLI emulation library.
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36NEWS for hacker.
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38- New destination cache. Flexible, robust and just beautiful.
39- Network stack is reordered, simplified, optimized, a lot of bugs fixed.
40 (well, and new bugs were introduced, but I haven't seen them yet 8))
41 It is difficult to describe all the changes, look into source.
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43If you see this file, then this patch works 8)
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45Alexey Kuznetsov.
46kuznet@ms2.inr.ac.ru