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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
Adrian Bunk936bb142007-02-17 19:49:13 +010012 <http://www.savetz.com/mbone/>. Information about the multicast
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070013 capabilities of the various network cards is contained in
14 <file:Documentation/networking/multicast.txt>. For most people, it's
15 safe to say N.
16
17config IP_ADVANCED_ROUTER
18 bool "IP: advanced router"
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070019 ---help---
20 If you intend to run your Linux box mostly as a router, i.e. as a
21 computer that forwards and redistributes network packets, say Y; you
22 will then be presented with several options that allow more precise
23 control about the routing process.
24
25 The answer to this question won't directly affect the kernel:
26 answering N will just cause the configurator to skip all the
27 questions about advanced routing.
28
29 Note that your box can only act as a router if you enable IP
30 forwarding in your kernel; you can do that by saying Y to "/proc
31 file system support" and "Sysctl support" below and executing the
32 line
33
34 echo "1" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward
35
36 at boot time after the /proc file system has been mounted.
37
Jesper Dangaard Brouerb2cc46a2009-02-22 00:06:20 -080038 If you turn on IP forwarding, you should consider the rp_filter, which
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070039 automatically rejects incoming packets if the routing table entry
40 for their source address doesn't match the network interface they're
41 arriving on. This has security advantages because it prevents the
42 so-called IP spoofing, however it can pose problems if you use
43 asymmetric routing (packets from you to a host take a different path
44 than packets from that host to you) or if you operate a non-routing
45 host which has several IP addresses on different interfaces. To turn
Dave Jonesd7394372007-05-17 15:02:21 -070046 rp_filter on use:
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070047
Dave Jonesd7394372007-05-17 15:02:21 -070048 echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/<device>/rp_filter
Jesper Dangaard Brouerb2cc46a2009-02-22 00:06:20 -080049 and
Dave Jonesd7394372007-05-17 15:02:21 -070050 echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/all/rp_filter
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070051
Jesper Dangaard Brouerb2cc46a2009-02-22 00:06:20 -080052 Note that some distributions enable it in startup scripts.
Jesper Dangaard Brouerd18921a2009-02-23 04:40:43 +000053 For details about rp_filter strict and loose mode read
54 <file:Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt>.
Jesper Dangaard Brouerb2cc46a2009-02-22 00:06:20 -080055
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070056 If unsure, say N here.
57
Jesper Dangaard Brouera6e8f272009-02-22 00:07:13 -080058choice
David S. Millerbb298ca2005-06-24 17:50:53 -070059 prompt "Choose IP: FIB lookup algorithm (choose FIB_HASH if unsure)"
60 depends on IP_ADVANCED_ROUTER
Adrian Bunk6876f952005-07-18 13:55:19 -070061 default ASK_IP_FIB_HASH
David S. Millerbb298ca2005-06-24 17:50:53 -070062
Adrian Bunk6876f952005-07-18 13:55:19 -070063config ASK_IP_FIB_HASH
David S. Millerbb298ca2005-06-24 17:50:53 -070064 bool "FIB_HASH"
65 ---help---
Jesper Dangaard Brouera6e8f272009-02-22 00:07:13 -080066 Current FIB is very proven and good enough for most users.
David S. Millerbb298ca2005-06-24 17:50:53 -070067
68config IP_FIB_TRIE
69 bool "FIB_TRIE"
70 ---help---
Jesper Dangaard Brouera6e8f272009-02-22 00:07:13 -080071 Use new experimental LC-trie as FIB lookup algorithm.
72 This improves lookup performance if you have a large
73 number of routes.
David S. Millerbb298ca2005-06-24 17:50:53 -070074
Jesper Dangaard Brouera6e8f272009-02-22 00:07:13 -080075 LC-trie is a longest matching prefix lookup algorithm which
76 performs better than FIB_HASH for large routing tables.
77 But, it consumes more memory and is more complex.
78
79 LC-trie is described in:
80
81 IP-address lookup using LC-tries. Stefan Nilsson and Gunnar Karlsson
82 IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, 17(6):1083-1092,
83 June 1999
84
85 An experimental study of compression methods for dynamic tries
86 Stefan Nilsson and Matti Tikkanen. Algorithmica, 33(1):19-33, 2002.
87 http://www.nada.kth.se/~snilsson/public/papers/dyntrie2/
88
David S. Millerbb298ca2005-06-24 17:50:53 -070089endchoice
90
David S. Millerbb298ca2005-06-24 17:50:53 -070091config IP_FIB_HASH
Adrian Bunk6876f952005-07-18 13:55:19 -070092 def_bool ASK_IP_FIB_HASH || !IP_ADVANCED_ROUTER
David S. Millerbb298ca2005-06-24 17:50:53 -070093
Stephen Hemminger66a2f7f2008-01-12 21:23:17 -080094config IP_FIB_TRIE_STATS
95 bool "FIB TRIE statistics"
96 depends on IP_FIB_TRIE
97 ---help---
98 Keep track of statistics on structure of FIB TRIE table.
99 Useful for testing and measuring TRIE performance.
100
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700101config IP_MULTIPLE_TABLES
102 bool "IP: policy routing"
103 depends on IP_ADVANCED_ROUTER
Thomas Grafe1ef4bf2006-08-04 03:39:22 -0700104 select FIB_RULES
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700105 ---help---
106 Normally, a router decides what to do with a received packet based
107 solely on the packet's final destination address. If you say Y here,
108 the Linux router will also be able to take the packet's source
109 address into account. Furthermore, the TOS (Type-Of-Service) field
110 of the packet can be used for routing decisions as well.
111
112 If you are interested in this, please see the preliminary
113 documentation at <http://www.compendium.com.ar/policy-routing.txt>
114 and <ftp://post.tepkom.ru/pub/vol2/Linux/docs/advanced-routing.tex>.
115 You will need supporting software from
116 <ftp://ftp.tux.org/pub/net/ip-routing/>.
117
118 If unsure, say N.
119
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700120config IP_ROUTE_MULTIPATH
121 bool "IP: equal cost multipath"
122 depends on IP_ADVANCED_ROUTER
123 help
124 Normally, the routing tables specify a single action to be taken in
125 a deterministic manner for a given packet. If you say Y here
126 however, it becomes possible to attach several actions to a packet
127 pattern, in effect specifying several alternative paths to travel
128 for those packets. The router considers all these paths to be of
129 equal "cost" and chooses one of them in a non-deterministic fashion
130 if a matching packet arrives.
131
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700132config IP_ROUTE_VERBOSE
133 bool "IP: verbose route monitoring"
134 depends on IP_ADVANCED_ROUTER
135 help
136 If you say Y here, which is recommended, then the kernel will print
137 verbose messages regarding the routing, for example warnings about
138 received packets which look strange and could be evidence of an
139 attack or a misconfigured system somewhere. The information is
140 handled by the klogd daemon which is responsible for kernel messages
141 ("man klogd").
142
143config IP_PNP
144 bool "IP: kernel level autoconfiguration"
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700145 help
146 This enables automatic configuration of IP addresses of devices and
147 of the routing table during kernel boot, based on either information
148 supplied on the kernel command line or by BOOTP or RARP protocols.
149 You need to say Y only for diskless machines requiring network
150 access to boot (in which case you want to say Y to "Root file system
151 on NFS" as well), because all other machines configure the network
152 in their startup scripts.
153
154config IP_PNP_DHCP
155 bool "IP: DHCP support"
156 depends on IP_PNP
157 ---help---
158 If you want your Linux box to mount its whole root file system (the
159 one containing the directory /) from some other computer over the
160 net via NFS and you want the IP address of your computer to be
161 discovered automatically at boot time using the DHCP protocol (a
162 special protocol designed for doing this job), say Y here. In case
163 the boot ROM of your network card was designed for booting Linux and
164 does DHCP itself, providing all necessary information on the kernel
165 command line, you can say N here.
166
167 If unsure, say Y. Note that if you want to use DHCP, a DHCP server
168 must be operating on your network. Read
J. Bruce Fields6ded55d2008-04-07 15:59:03 -0400169 <file:Documentation/filesystems/nfsroot.txt> for details.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700170
171config IP_PNP_BOOTP
172 bool "IP: BOOTP support"
173 depends on IP_PNP
174 ---help---
175 If you want your Linux box to mount its whole root file system (the
176 one containing the directory /) from some other computer over the
177 net via NFS and you want the IP address of your computer to be
178 discovered automatically at boot time using the BOOTP protocol (a
179 special protocol designed for doing this job), say Y here. In case
180 the boot ROM of your network card was designed for booting Linux and
181 does BOOTP itself, providing all necessary information on the kernel
182 command line, you can say N here. If unsure, say Y. Note that if you
183 want to use BOOTP, a BOOTP server must be operating on your network.
J. Bruce Fields6ded55d2008-04-07 15:59:03 -0400184 Read <file:Documentation/filesystems/nfsroot.txt> for details.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700185
186config IP_PNP_RARP
187 bool "IP: RARP support"
188 depends on IP_PNP
189 help
190 If you want your Linux box to mount its whole root file system (the
191 one containing the directory /) from some other computer over the
192 net via NFS and you want the IP address of your computer to be
193 discovered automatically at boot time using the RARP protocol (an
194 older protocol which is being obsoleted by BOOTP and DHCP), say Y
195 here. Note that if you want to use RARP, a RARP server must be
J. Bruce Fields6ded55d2008-04-07 15:59:03 -0400196 operating on your network. Read
197 <file:Documentation/filesystems/nfsroot.txt> for details.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700198
199# not yet ready..
Jesper Dangaard Brouera6e8f272009-02-22 00:07:13 -0800200# bool ' IP: ARP support' CONFIG_IP_PNP_ARP
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700201config NET_IPIP
202 tristate "IP: tunneling"
Herbert Xud2acc342006-03-28 01:12:13 -0800203 select INET_TUNNEL
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700204 ---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 encapsulation of IP within IP, which sounds kind of pointless, but
209 can be useful if you want to make your (or some other) machine
210 appear on a different network than it physically is, or to use
211 mobile-IP facilities (allowing laptops to seamlessly move between
212 networks without changing their IP addresses).
213
214 Saying Y to this option will produce two modules ( = code which can
215 be inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you
216 want). Most people won't need this and can say N.
217
218config NET_IPGRE
219 tristate "IP: GRE tunnels over IP"
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700220 help
221 Tunneling means encapsulating data of one protocol type within
222 another protocol and sending it over a channel that understands the
223 encapsulating protocol. This particular tunneling driver implements
224 GRE (Generic Routing Encapsulation) and at this time allows
225 encapsulating of IPv4 or IPv6 over existing IPv4 infrastructure.
226 This driver is useful if the other endpoint is a Cisco router: Cisco
227 likes GRE much better than the other Linux tunneling driver ("IP
228 tunneling" above). In addition, GRE allows multicast redistribution
229 through the tunnel.
230
231config NET_IPGRE_BROADCAST
232 bool "IP: broadcast GRE over IP"
233 depends on IP_MULTICAST && NET_IPGRE
234 help
235 One application of GRE/IP is to construct a broadcast WAN (Wide Area
236 Network), which looks like a normal Ethernet LAN (Local Area
237 Network), but can be distributed all over the Internet. If you want
238 to do that, say Y here and to "IP multicast routing" below.
239
240config IP_MROUTE
241 bool "IP: multicast routing"
242 depends on IP_MULTICAST
243 help
244 This is used if you want your machine to act as a router for IP
245 packets that have several destination addresses. It is needed on the
246 MBONE, a high bandwidth network on top of the Internet which carries
247 audio and video broadcasts. In order to do that, you would most
248 likely run the program mrouted. Information about the multicast
249 capabilities of the various network cards is contained in
250 <file:Documentation/networking/multicast.txt>. If you haven't heard
251 about it, you don't need it.
252
253config IP_PIMSM_V1
254 bool "IP: PIM-SM version 1 support"
255 depends on IP_MROUTE
256 help
257 Kernel side support for Sparse Mode PIM (Protocol Independent
258 Multicast) version 1. This multicast routing protocol is used widely
259 because Cisco supports it. You need special software to use it
260 (pimd-v1). Please see <http://netweb.usc.edu/pim/> for more
261 information about PIM.
262
263 Say Y if you want to use PIM-SM v1. Note that you can say N here if
264 you just want to use Dense Mode PIM.
265
266config IP_PIMSM_V2
267 bool "IP: PIM-SM version 2 support"
268 depends on IP_MROUTE
269 help
270 Kernel side support for Sparse Mode PIM version 2. In order to use
271 this, you need an experimental routing daemon supporting it (pimd or
272 gated-5). This routing protocol is not used widely, so say N unless
273 you want to play with it.
274
275config ARPD
276 bool "IP: ARP daemon support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
Sam Ravnborg6a2e9b72005-07-11 21:13:56 -0700277 depends on EXPERIMENTAL
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700278 ---help---
279 Normally, the kernel maintains an internal cache which maps IP
280 addresses to hardware addresses on the local network, so that
281 Ethernet/Token Ring/ etc. frames are sent to the proper address on
282 the physical networking layer. For small networks having a few
283 hundred directly connected hosts or less, keeping this address
284 resolution (ARP) cache inside the kernel works well. However,
285 maintaining an internal ARP cache does not work well for very large
286 switched networks, and will use a lot of kernel memory if TCP/IP
287 connections are made to many machines on the network.
288
289 If you say Y here, the kernel's internal ARP cache will never grow
290 to more than 256 entries (the oldest entries are expired in a LIFO
291 manner) and communication will be attempted with the user space ARP
292 daemon arpd. Arpd then answers the address resolution request either
293 from its own cache or by asking the net.
294
295 This code is experimental and also obsolete. If you want to use it,
296 you need to find a version of the daemon arpd on the net somewhere,
297 and you should also say Y to "Kernel/User network link driver",
298 below. If unsure, say N.
299
300config SYN_COOKIES
301 bool "IP: TCP syncookie support (disabled per default)"
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700302 ---help---
303 Normal TCP/IP networking is open to an attack known as "SYN
304 flooding". This denial-of-service attack prevents legitimate remote
305 users from being able to connect to your computer during an ongoing
306 attack and requires very little work from the attacker, who can
307 operate from anywhere on the Internet.
308
309 SYN cookies provide protection against this type of attack. If you
310 say Y here, the TCP/IP stack will use a cryptographic challenge
311 protocol known as "SYN cookies" to enable legitimate users to
312 continue to connect, even when your machine is under attack. There
313 is no need for the legitimate users to change their TCP/IP software;
314 SYN cookies work transparently to them. For technical information
315 about SYN cookies, check out <http://cr.yp.to/syncookies.html>.
316
317 If you are SYN flooded, the source address reported by the kernel is
318 likely to have been forged by the attacker; it is only reported as
319 an aid in tracing the packets to their actual source and should not
320 be taken as absolute truth.
321
322 SYN cookies may prevent correct error reporting on clients when the
323 server is really overloaded. If this happens frequently better turn
324 them off.
325
326 If you say Y here, note that SYN cookies aren't enabled by default;
327 you can enable them by saying Y to "/proc file system support" and
328 "Sysctl support" below and executing the command
329
330 echo 1 >/proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_syncookies
331
332 at boot time after the /proc file system has been mounted.
333
334 If unsure, say N.
335
336config INET_AH
337 tristate "IP: AH transformation"
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700338 select XFRM
339 select CRYPTO
340 select CRYPTO_HMAC
341 select CRYPTO_MD5
342 select CRYPTO_SHA1
343 ---help---
344 Support for IPsec AH.
345
346 If unsure, say Y.
347
348config INET_ESP
349 tristate "IP: ESP transformation"
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700350 select XFRM
351 select CRYPTO
Herbert Xued58dd42008-03-04 14:29:21 -0800352 select CRYPTO_AUTHENC
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700353 select CRYPTO_HMAC
354 select CRYPTO_MD5
Herbert Xu6b7326c2006-07-30 15:41:01 +1000355 select CRYPTO_CBC
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700356 select CRYPTO_SHA1
357 select CRYPTO_DES
358 ---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
Jan-Bernd Themann71c87e02007-08-08 22:38:05 -0700409config INET_LRO
410 tristate "Large Receive Offload (ipv4/tcp)"
411
412 ---help---
413 Support for Large Receive Offload (ipv4/tcp).
414
415 If unsure, say Y.
416
Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo17b085e2005-08-12 12:59:17 -0300417config INET_DIAG
418 tristate "INET: socket monitoring interface"
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700419 default y
420 ---help---
Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo73c1f4a2005-08-12 12:51:49 -0300421 Support for INET (TCP, DCCP, etc) socket monitoring interface used by
422 native Linux tools such as ss. ss is included in iproute2, currently
Baruch Evenf4b94792007-02-21 19:32:37 -0800423 downloadable at <http://linux-net.osdl.org/index.php/Iproute2>.
Jesper Dangaard Brouera6e8f272009-02-22 00:07:13 -0800424
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700425 If unsure, say Y.
426
Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo17b085e2005-08-12 12:59:17 -0300427config INET_TCP_DIAG
428 depends on INET_DIAG
429 def_tristate INET_DIAG
430
Stephen Hemminger3d2573f2006-09-24 20:11:58 -0700431menuconfig TCP_CONG_ADVANCED
David S. Millera6484042005-06-24 18:07:51 -0700432 bool "TCP: advanced congestion control"
David S. Millera6484042005-06-24 18:07:51 -0700433 ---help---
434 Support for selection of various TCP congestion control
435 modules.
436
437 Nearly all users can safely say no here, and a safe default
Stephen Hemminger597811e2006-09-24 20:13:03 -0700438 selection will be made (CUBIC with new Reno as a fallback).
David S. Millera6484042005-06-24 18:07:51 -0700439
440 If unsure, say N.
441
Stephen Hemminger3d2573f2006-09-24 20:11:58 -0700442if TCP_CONG_ADVANCED
Stephen Hemminger83803032005-06-23 12:23:25 -0700443
444config TCP_CONG_BIC
445 tristate "Binary Increase Congestion (BIC) control"
Stephen Hemminger597811e2006-09-24 20:13:03 -0700446 default m
Stephen Hemminger83803032005-06-23 12:23:25 -0700447 ---help---
448 BIC-TCP is a sender-side only change that ensures a linear RTT
449 fairness under large windows while offering both scalability and
450 bounded TCP-friendliness. The protocol combines two schemes
451 called additive increase and binary search increase. When the
452 congestion window is large, additive increase with a large
453 increment ensures linear RTT fairness as well as good
454 scalability. Under small congestion windows, binary search
455 increase provides TCP friendliness.
456 See http://www.csc.ncsu.edu/faculty/rhee/export/bitcp/
457
Stephen Hemmingerdf3271f2005-12-13 23:13:28 -0800458config TCP_CONG_CUBIC
459 tristate "CUBIC TCP"
Stephen Hemminger597811e2006-09-24 20:13:03 -0700460 default y
Stephen Hemmingerdf3271f2005-12-13 23:13:28 -0800461 ---help---
462 This is version 2.0 of BIC-TCP which uses a cubic growth function
463 among other techniques.
464 See http://www.csc.ncsu.edu/faculty/rhee/export/bitcp/cubic-paper.pdf
465
Stephen Hemminger87270762005-06-23 12:24:09 -0700466config TCP_CONG_WESTWOOD
467 tristate "TCP Westwood+"
Stephen Hemminger87270762005-06-23 12:24:09 -0700468 default m
469 ---help---
470 TCP Westwood+ is a sender-side only modification of the TCP Reno
471 protocol stack that optimizes the performance of TCP congestion
472 control. It is based on end-to-end bandwidth estimation to set
473 congestion window and slow start threshold after a congestion
474 episode. Using this estimation, TCP Westwood+ adaptively sets a
475 slow start threshold and a congestion window which takes into
476 account the bandwidth used at the time congestion is experienced.
477 TCP Westwood+ significantly increases fairness wrt TCP Reno in
478 wired networks and throughput over wireless links.
479
Baruch Evena7868ea2005-06-23 12:28:11 -0700480config TCP_CONG_HTCP
481 tristate "H-TCP"
Baruch Evena7868ea2005-06-23 12:28:11 -0700482 default m
483 ---help---
484 H-TCP is a send-side only modifications of the TCP Reno
485 protocol stack that optimizes the performance of TCP
486 congestion control for high speed network links. It uses a
487 modeswitch to change the alpha and beta parameters of TCP Reno
488 based on network conditions and in a way so as to be fair with
489 other Reno and H-TCP flows.
490
John Heffnera628d292005-06-23 12:24:58 -0700491config TCP_CONG_HSTCP
492 tristate "High Speed TCP"
Sam Ravnborg6a2e9b72005-07-11 21:13:56 -0700493 depends on EXPERIMENTAL
John Heffnera628d292005-06-23 12:24:58 -0700494 default n
495 ---help---
496 Sally Floyd's High Speed TCP (RFC 3649) congestion control.
497 A modification to TCP's congestion control mechanism for use
498 with large congestion windows. A table indicates how much to
499 increase the congestion window by when an ACK is received.
500 For more detail see http://www.icir.org/floyd/hstcp.html
501
Daniele Lacamera835b3f02005-06-23 12:26:34 -0700502config TCP_CONG_HYBLA
503 tristate "TCP-Hybla congestion control algorithm"
Sam Ravnborg6a2e9b72005-07-11 21:13:56 -0700504 depends on EXPERIMENTAL
Daniele Lacamera835b3f02005-06-23 12:26:34 -0700505 default n
506 ---help---
507 TCP-Hybla is a sender-side only change that eliminates penalization of
508 long-RTT, large-bandwidth connections, like when satellite legs are
Matt LaPlante44c09202006-10-03 22:34:14 +0200509 involved, especially when sharing a common bottleneck with normal
Daniele Lacamera835b3f02005-06-23 12:26:34 -0700510 terrestrial connections.
511
Stephen Hemmingerb87d8562005-06-23 12:27:19 -0700512config TCP_CONG_VEGAS
513 tristate "TCP Vegas"
Sam Ravnborg6a2e9b72005-07-11 21:13:56 -0700514 depends on EXPERIMENTAL
Stephen Hemmingerb87d8562005-06-23 12:27:19 -0700515 default n
516 ---help---
517 TCP Vegas is a sender-side only change to TCP that anticipates
518 the onset of congestion by estimating the bandwidth. TCP Vegas
519 adjusts the sending rate by modifying the congestion
520 window. TCP Vegas should provide less packet loss, but it is
521 not as aggressive as TCP Reno.
522
John Heffner0e579762005-06-23 12:29:07 -0700523config TCP_CONG_SCALABLE
524 tristate "Scalable TCP"
Sam Ravnborg6a2e9b72005-07-11 21:13:56 -0700525 depends on EXPERIMENTAL
John Heffner0e579762005-06-23 12:29:07 -0700526 default n
527 ---help---
528 Scalable TCP is a sender-side only change to TCP which uses a
529 MIMD congestion control algorithm which has some nice scaling
530 properties, though is known to have fairness issues.
Baruch Evenf4b94792007-02-21 19:32:37 -0800531 See http://www.deneholme.net/tom/scalable/
Baruch Evena7868ea2005-06-23 12:28:11 -0700532
Wong Hoi Sing Edison7c106d72006-06-05 17:27:58 -0700533config TCP_CONG_LP
534 tristate "TCP Low Priority"
535 depends on EXPERIMENTAL
536 default n
537 ---help---
538 TCP Low Priority (TCP-LP), a distributed algorithm whose goal is
Matt LaPlantecab00892006-10-03 22:36:44 +0200539 to utilize only the excess network bandwidth as compared to the
Wong Hoi Sing Edison7c106d72006-06-05 17:27:58 -0700540 ``fair share`` of bandwidth as targeted by TCP.
541 See http://www-ece.rice.edu/networks/TCP-LP/
542
Bin Zhou76f10172006-06-05 17:28:30 -0700543config TCP_CONG_VENO
544 tristate "TCP Veno"
545 depends on EXPERIMENTAL
546 default n
547 ---help---
548 TCP Veno is a sender-side only enhancement of TCP to obtain better
549 throughput over wireless networks. TCP Veno makes use of state
550 distinguishing to circumvent the difficult judgment of the packet loss
551 type. TCP Veno cuts down less congestion window in response to random
552 loss packets.
553 See http://www.ntu.edu.sg/home5/ZHOU0022/papers/CPFu03a.pdf
554
Angelo P. Castellani5ef81472007-02-22 00:23:05 -0800555config TCP_CONG_YEAH
556 tristate "YeAH TCP"
557 depends on EXPERIMENTAL
David S. Miller2ff011e2007-05-17 00:07:47 -0700558 select TCP_CONG_VEGAS
Angelo P. Castellani5ef81472007-02-22 00:23:05 -0800559 default n
560 ---help---
561 YeAH-TCP is a sender-side high-speed enabled TCP congestion control
562 algorithm, which uses a mixed loss/delay approach to compute the
563 congestion window. It's design goals target high efficiency,
564 internal, RTT and Reno fairness, resilience to link loss while
565 keeping network elements load as low as possible.
566
567 For further details look here:
568 http://wil.cs.caltech.edu/pfldnet2007/paper/YeAH_TCP.pdf
569
Stephen Hemmingerc4622382007-04-20 17:07:51 -0700570config TCP_CONG_ILLINOIS
571 tristate "TCP Illinois"
572 depends on EXPERIMENTAL
573 default n
574 ---help---
Matt LaPlante01dd2fb2007-10-20 01:34:40 +0200575 TCP-Illinois is a sender-side modification of TCP Reno for
Stephen Hemmingerc4622382007-04-20 17:07:51 -0700576 high speed long delay links. It uses round-trip-time to
577 adjust the alpha and beta parameters to achieve a higher average
578 throughput and maintain fairness.
579
580 For further details see:
581 http://www.ews.uiuc.edu/~shaoliu/tcpillinois/index.html
582
Stephen Hemminger3d2573f2006-09-24 20:11:58 -0700583choice
584 prompt "Default TCP congestion control"
Stephen Hemminger597811e2006-09-24 20:13:03 -0700585 default DEFAULT_CUBIC
Stephen Hemminger3d2573f2006-09-24 20:11:58 -0700586 help
587 Select the TCP congestion control that will be used by default
588 for all connections.
589
590 config DEFAULT_BIC
591 bool "Bic" if TCP_CONG_BIC=y
592
593 config DEFAULT_CUBIC
594 bool "Cubic" if TCP_CONG_CUBIC=y
595
596 config DEFAULT_HTCP
597 bool "Htcp" if TCP_CONG_HTCP=y
598
599 config DEFAULT_VEGAS
600 bool "Vegas" if TCP_CONG_VEGAS=y
601
602 config DEFAULT_WESTWOOD
603 bool "Westwood" if TCP_CONG_WESTWOOD=y
604
605 config DEFAULT_RENO
606 bool "Reno"
607
608endchoice
609
610endif
Stephen Hemminger83803032005-06-23 12:23:25 -0700611
Stephen Hemminger597811e2006-09-24 20:13:03 -0700612config TCP_CONG_CUBIC
David S. Miller6c360762005-06-26 15:20:20 -0700613 tristate
David S. Millera6484042005-06-24 18:07:51 -0700614 depends on !TCP_CONG_ADVANCED
615 default y
616
Stephen Hemminger3d2573f2006-09-24 20:11:58 -0700617config DEFAULT_TCP_CONG
618 string
619 default "bic" if DEFAULT_BIC
620 default "cubic" if DEFAULT_CUBIC
621 default "htcp" if DEFAULT_HTCP
622 default "vegas" if DEFAULT_VEGAS
623 default "westwood" if DEFAULT_WESTWOOD
624 default "reno" if DEFAULT_RENO
Stephen Hemminger597811e2006-09-24 20:13:03 -0700625 default "cubic"
Stephen Hemminger3d2573f2006-09-24 20:11:58 -0700626
YOSHIFUJI Hideakicfb6eeb2006-11-14 19:07:45 -0800627config TCP_MD5SIG
628 bool "TCP: MD5 Signature Option support (RFC2385) (EXPERIMENTAL)"
629 depends on EXPERIMENTAL
630 select CRYPTO
631 select CRYPTO_MD5
632 ---help---
David Sterba3dde6ad2007-05-09 07:12:20 +0200633 RFC2385 specifies a method of giving MD5 protection to TCP sessions.
YOSHIFUJI Hideakicfb6eeb2006-11-14 19:07:45 -0800634 Its main (only?) use is to protect BGP sessions between core routers
635 on the Internet.
636
637 If unsure, say N.
638