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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"
Nicolas Dichtel0807f592020-02-04 17:00:27 +0100301 depends on IPV6 || IPV6=n
Saurabh11814122012-07-17 09:44:54 +0000302 select INET_TUNNEL
Pravin B Shelarf61dd382013-03-25 14:50:00 +0000303 select NET_IP_TUNNEL
Saurabh11814122012-07-17 09:44:54 +0000304 depends on INET_XFRM_MODE_TUNNEL
305 ---help---
306 Tunneling means encapsulating data of one protocol type within
307 another protocol and sending it over a channel that understands the
308 encapsulating protocol. This can be used with xfrm mode tunnel to give
309 the notion of a secure tunnel for IPSEC and then use routing protocol
310 on top.
311
Tom Herbert8024e022014-07-13 19:49:37 -0700312config NET_UDP_TUNNEL
313 tristate
Andy Zhou7c5df8f2014-10-06 15:15:14 -0700314 select NET_IP_TUNNEL
Tom Herbert8024e022014-07-13 19:49:37 -0700315 default n
316
Tom Herbert23461552014-09-17 12:25:56 -0700317config NET_FOU
318 tristate "IP: Foo (IP protocols) over UDP"
319 select XFRM
320 select NET_UDP_TUNNEL
321 ---help---
322 Foo over UDP allows any IP protocol to be directly encapsulated
323 over UDP include tunnels (IPIP, GRE, SIT). By encapsulating in UDP
324 network mechanisms and optimizations for UDP (such as ECMP
325 and RSS) can be leveraged to provide better service.
326
Tom Herbert63487ba2014-11-04 09:06:51 -0800327config NET_FOU_IP_TUNNELS
328 bool "IP: FOU encapsulation of IP tunnels"
329 depends on NET_IPIP || NET_IPGRE || IPV6_SIT
330 select NET_FOU
331 ---help---
332 Allow configuration of FOU or GUE encapsulation for IP tunnels.
333 When this option is enabled IP tunnels can be configured to use
334 FOU or GUE encapsulation.
335
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700336config INET_AH
337 tristate "IP: AH transformation"
Jan Beulich7e152522012-05-15 01:57:44 +0000338 select XFRM_ALGO
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700339 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"
Jan Beulich7e152522012-05-15 01:57:44 +0000350 select XFRM_ALGO
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700351 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
Thomas Egerer32b61702016-01-25 12:58:44 +0100358 select CRYPTO_ECHAINIV
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700359 ---help---
360 Support for IPsec ESP.
361
362 If unsure, say Y.
363
364config INET_IPCOMP
365 tristate "IP: IPComp transformation"
Herbert Xud2acc342006-03-28 01:12:13 -0800366 select INET_XFRM_TUNNEL
Herbert Xu6fccab62008-07-25 02:54:40 -0700367 select XFRM_IPCOMP
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700368 ---help---
369 Support for IP Payload Compression Protocol (IPComp) (RFC3173),
370 typically needed for IPsec.
Jesper Dangaard Brouera6e8f272009-02-22 00:07:13 -0800371
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700372 If unsure, say Y.
373
Herbert Xud2acc342006-03-28 01:12:13 -0800374config INET_XFRM_TUNNEL
375 tristate
376 select INET_TUNNEL
377 default n
378
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700379config INET_TUNNEL
Herbert Xud2acc342006-03-28 01:12:13 -0800380 tristate
381 default n
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700382
Herbert Xub59f45d2006-05-27 23:05:54 -0700383config INET_XFRM_MODE_TRANSPORT
384 tristate "IP: IPsec transport mode"
385 default y
386 select XFRM
387 ---help---
388 Support for IPsec transport mode.
389
390 If unsure, say Y.
391
392config INET_XFRM_MODE_TUNNEL
393 tristate "IP: IPsec tunnel mode"
394 default y
395 select XFRM
396 ---help---
397 Support for IPsec tunnel mode.
398
399 If unsure, say Y.
400
Diego Beltrami0a694522006-10-03 23:47:05 -0700401config INET_XFRM_MODE_BEET
402 tristate "IP: IPsec BEET mode"
403 default y
404 select XFRM
405 ---help---
406 Support for IPsec BEET mode.
407
408 If unsure, say Y.
409
Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo17b085e2005-08-12 12:59:17 -0300410config INET_DIAG
411 tristate "INET: socket monitoring interface"
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700412 default y
413 ---help---
Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo73c1f4a2005-08-12 12:51:49 -0300414 Support for INET (TCP, DCCP, etc) socket monitoring interface used by
415 native Linux tools such as ss. ss is included in iproute2, currently
Michael Wittenc996d8b2010-11-15 19:55:34 +0000416 downloadable at:
417
418 http://www.linuxfoundation.org/collaborate/workgroups/networking/iproute2
Jesper Dangaard Brouera6e8f272009-02-22 00:07:13 -0800419
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700420 If unsure, say Y.
421
Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo17b085e2005-08-12 12:59:17 -0300422config INET_TCP_DIAG
423 depends on INET_DIAG
424 def_tristate INET_DIAG
425
Pavel Emelyanov507dd792011-12-09 06:24:36 +0000426config INET_UDP_DIAG
David S. Miller6d62a662012-01-07 12:13:06 -0800427 tristate "UDP: socket monitoring interface"
Anisse Astier6d258862012-02-07 07:39:11 +0000428 depends on INET_DIAG && (IPV6 || IPV6=n)
David S. Miller6d62a662012-01-07 12:13:06 -0800429 default n
430 ---help---
431 Support for UDP socket monitoring interface used by the ss tool.
432 If unsure, say Y.
Pavel Emelyanov507dd792011-12-09 06:24:36 +0000433
Lorenzo Colittic1e64e22015-12-16 12:30:05 +0900434config INET_DIAG_DESTROY
435 bool "INET: allow privileged process to administratively close sockets"
436 depends on INET_DIAG
437 default n
438 ---help---
439 Provides a SOCK_DESTROY operation that allows privileged processes
440 (e.g., a connection manager or a network administration tool such as
441 ss) to close sockets opened by other processes. Closing a socket in
442 this way interrupts any blocking read/write/connect operations on
443 the socket and causes future socket calls to behave as if the socket
444 had been disconnected.
445 If unsure, say N.
446
Stephen Hemminger3d2573f2006-09-24 20:11:58 -0700447menuconfig TCP_CONG_ADVANCED
David S. Millera6484042005-06-24 18:07:51 -0700448 bool "TCP: advanced congestion control"
David S. Millera6484042005-06-24 18:07:51 -0700449 ---help---
450 Support for selection of various TCP congestion control
451 modules.
452
453 Nearly all users can safely say no here, and a safe default
Stephen Hemminger597811e2006-09-24 20:13:03 -0700454 selection will be made (CUBIC with new Reno as a fallback).
David S. Millera6484042005-06-24 18:07:51 -0700455
456 If unsure, say N.
457
Stephen Hemminger3d2573f2006-09-24 20:11:58 -0700458if TCP_CONG_ADVANCED
Stephen Hemminger83803032005-06-23 12:23:25 -0700459
460config TCP_CONG_BIC
461 tristate "Binary Increase Congestion (BIC) control"
Stephen Hemminger597811e2006-09-24 20:13:03 -0700462 default m
Stephen Hemminger83803032005-06-23 12:23:25 -0700463 ---help---
464 BIC-TCP is a sender-side only change that ensures a linear RTT
465 fairness under large windows while offering both scalability and
466 bounded TCP-friendliness. The protocol combines two schemes
467 called additive increase and binary search increase. When the
468 congestion window is large, additive increase with a large
469 increment ensures linear RTT fairness as well as good
470 scalability. Under small congestion windows, binary search
471 increase provides TCP friendliness.
472 See http://www.csc.ncsu.edu/faculty/rhee/export/bitcp/
473
Stephen Hemmingerdf3271f2005-12-13 23:13:28 -0800474config TCP_CONG_CUBIC
475 tristate "CUBIC TCP"
Stephen Hemminger597811e2006-09-24 20:13:03 -0700476 default y
Stephen Hemmingerdf3271f2005-12-13 23:13:28 -0800477 ---help---
478 This is version 2.0 of BIC-TCP which uses a cubic growth function
479 among other techniques.
480 See http://www.csc.ncsu.edu/faculty/rhee/export/bitcp/cubic-paper.pdf
481
Stephen Hemminger87270762005-06-23 12:24:09 -0700482config TCP_CONG_WESTWOOD
483 tristate "TCP Westwood+"
Stephen Hemminger87270762005-06-23 12:24:09 -0700484 default m
485 ---help---
486 TCP Westwood+ is a sender-side only modification of the TCP Reno
487 protocol stack that optimizes the performance of TCP congestion
488 control. It is based on end-to-end bandwidth estimation to set
489 congestion window and slow start threshold after a congestion
490 episode. Using this estimation, TCP Westwood+ adaptively sets a
491 slow start threshold and a congestion window which takes into
492 account the bandwidth used at the time congestion is experienced.
493 TCP Westwood+ significantly increases fairness wrt TCP Reno in
494 wired networks and throughput over wireless links.
495
Baruch Evena7868ea2005-06-23 12:28:11 -0700496config TCP_CONG_HTCP
497 tristate "H-TCP"
Baruch Evena7868ea2005-06-23 12:28:11 -0700498 default m
499 ---help---
500 H-TCP is a send-side only modifications of the TCP Reno
501 protocol stack that optimizes the performance of TCP
502 congestion control for high speed network links. It uses a
503 modeswitch to change the alpha and beta parameters of TCP Reno
504 based on network conditions and in a way so as to be fair with
505 other Reno and H-TCP flows.
506
John Heffnera628d292005-06-23 12:24:58 -0700507config TCP_CONG_HSTCP
508 tristate "High Speed TCP"
John Heffnera628d292005-06-23 12:24:58 -0700509 default n
510 ---help---
511 Sally Floyd's High Speed TCP (RFC 3649) congestion control.
512 A modification to TCP's congestion control mechanism for use
513 with large congestion windows. A table indicates how much to
514 increase the congestion window by when an ACK is received.
515 For more detail see http://www.icir.org/floyd/hstcp.html
516
Daniele Lacamera835b3f02005-06-23 12:26:34 -0700517config TCP_CONG_HYBLA
518 tristate "TCP-Hybla congestion control algorithm"
Daniele Lacamera835b3f02005-06-23 12:26:34 -0700519 default n
520 ---help---
521 TCP-Hybla is a sender-side only change that eliminates penalization of
522 long-RTT, large-bandwidth connections, like when satellite legs are
Matt LaPlante44c09202006-10-03 22:34:14 +0200523 involved, especially when sharing a common bottleneck with normal
Daniele Lacamera835b3f02005-06-23 12:26:34 -0700524 terrestrial connections.
525
Stephen Hemmingerb87d8562005-06-23 12:27:19 -0700526config TCP_CONG_VEGAS
527 tristate "TCP Vegas"
Stephen Hemmingerb87d8562005-06-23 12:27:19 -0700528 default n
529 ---help---
530 TCP Vegas is a sender-side only change to TCP that anticipates
531 the onset of congestion by estimating the bandwidth. TCP Vegas
532 adjusts the sending rate by modifying the congestion
533 window. TCP Vegas should provide less packet loss, but it is
534 not as aggressive as TCP Reno.
535
Lawrence Brakmo699fafa2016-06-08 21:16:45 -0700536config TCP_CONG_NV
537 tristate "TCP NV"
538 default n
539 ---help---
540 TCP NV is a follow up to TCP Vegas. It has been modified to deal with
541 10G networks, measurement noise introduced by LRO, GRO and interrupt
542 coalescence. In addition, it will decrease its cwnd multiplicatively
543 instead of linearly.
544
545 Note that in general congestion avoidance (cwnd decreased when # packets
546 queued grows) cannot coexist with congestion control (cwnd decreased only
547 when there is packet loss) due to fairness issues. One scenario when they
548 can coexist safely is when the CA flows have RTTs << CC flows RTTs.
549
550 For further details see http://www.brakmo.org/networking/tcp-nv/
551
John Heffner0e579762005-06-23 12:29:07 -0700552config TCP_CONG_SCALABLE
553 tristate "Scalable TCP"
John Heffner0e579762005-06-23 12:29:07 -0700554 default n
555 ---help---
556 Scalable TCP is a sender-side only change to TCP which uses a
557 MIMD congestion control algorithm which has some nice scaling
558 properties, though is known to have fairness issues.
Baruch Evenf4b94792007-02-21 19:32:37 -0800559 See http://www.deneholme.net/tom/scalable/
Baruch Evena7868ea2005-06-23 12:28:11 -0700560
Wong Hoi Sing Edison7c106d72006-06-05 17:27:58 -0700561config TCP_CONG_LP
562 tristate "TCP Low Priority"
Wong Hoi Sing Edison7c106d72006-06-05 17:27:58 -0700563 default n
564 ---help---
565 TCP Low Priority (TCP-LP), a distributed algorithm whose goal is
Matt LaPlantecab00892006-10-03 22:36:44 +0200566 to utilize only the excess network bandwidth as compared to the
Wong Hoi Sing Edison7c106d72006-06-05 17:27:58 -0700567 ``fair share`` of bandwidth as targeted by TCP.
568 See http://www-ece.rice.edu/networks/TCP-LP/
569
Bin Zhou76f10172006-06-05 17:28:30 -0700570config TCP_CONG_VENO
571 tristate "TCP Veno"
Bin Zhou76f10172006-06-05 17:28:30 -0700572 default n
573 ---help---
574 TCP Veno is a sender-side only enhancement of TCP to obtain better
575 throughput over wireless networks. TCP Veno makes use of state
576 distinguishing to circumvent the difficult judgment of the packet loss
577 type. TCP Veno cuts down less congestion window in response to random
578 loss packets.
Justin P. Mattock631dd1a2010-10-18 11:03:14 +0200579 See <http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/freeabs_all.jsp?arnumber=1177186>
Bin Zhou76f10172006-06-05 17:28:30 -0700580
Angelo P. Castellani5ef81472007-02-22 00:23:05 -0800581config TCP_CONG_YEAH
582 tristate "YeAH TCP"
David S. Miller2ff011e2007-05-17 00:07:47 -0700583 select TCP_CONG_VEGAS
Angelo P. Castellani5ef81472007-02-22 00:23:05 -0800584 default n
585 ---help---
586 YeAH-TCP is a sender-side high-speed enabled TCP congestion control
587 algorithm, which uses a mixed loss/delay approach to compute the
588 congestion window. It's design goals target high efficiency,
589 internal, RTT and Reno fairness, resilience to link loss while
590 keeping network elements load as low as possible.
591
592 For further details look here:
593 http://wil.cs.caltech.edu/pfldnet2007/paper/YeAH_TCP.pdf
594
Stephen Hemmingerc4622382007-04-20 17:07:51 -0700595config TCP_CONG_ILLINOIS
596 tristate "TCP Illinois"
Stephen Hemmingerc4622382007-04-20 17:07:51 -0700597 default n
598 ---help---
Matt LaPlante01dd2fb2007-10-20 01:34:40 +0200599 TCP-Illinois is a sender-side modification of TCP Reno for
Stephen Hemmingerc4622382007-04-20 17:07:51 -0700600 high speed long delay links. It uses round-trip-time to
601 adjust the alpha and beta parameters to achieve a higher average
602 throughput and maintain fairness.
603
604 For further details see:
605 http://www.ews.uiuc.edu/~shaoliu/tcpillinois/index.html
606
Daniel Borkmanne3118e82014-09-26 22:37:36 +0200607config TCP_CONG_DCTCP
608 tristate "DataCenter TCP (DCTCP)"
609 default n
610 ---help---
611 DCTCP leverages Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN) in the network to
612 provide multi-bit feedback to the end hosts. It is designed to provide:
613
614 - High burst tolerance (incast due to partition/aggregate),
615 - Low latency (short flows, queries),
616 - High throughput (continuous data updates, large file transfers) with
617 commodity, shallow-buffered switches.
618
619 All switches in the data center network running DCTCP must support
620 ECN marking and be configured for marking when reaching defined switch
621 buffer thresholds. The default ECN marking threshold heuristic for
622 DCTCP on switches is 20 packets (30KB) at 1Gbps, and 65 packets
623 (~100KB) at 10Gbps, but might need further careful tweaking.
624
625 For further details see:
626 http://simula.stanford.edu/~alizade/Site/DCTCP_files/dctcp-final.pdf
627
Kenneth Klette Jonassen2b0a8c92015-06-10 19:08:17 +0200628config TCP_CONG_CDG
629 tristate "CAIA Delay-Gradient (CDG)"
630 default n
631 ---help---
632 CAIA Delay-Gradient (CDG) is a TCP congestion control that modifies
633 the TCP sender in order to:
634
635 o Use the delay gradient as a congestion signal.
636 o Back off with an average probability that is independent of the RTT.
637 o Coexist with flows that use loss-based congestion control.
638 o Tolerate packet loss unrelated to congestion.
639
640 For further details see:
641 D.A. Hayes and G. Armitage. "Revisiting TCP congestion control using
642 delay gradients." In Networking 2011. Preprint: http://goo.gl/No3vdg
643
Neal Cardwell0f8782e2016-09-19 23:39:23 -0400644config TCP_CONG_BBR
645 tristate "BBR TCP"
646 default n
647 ---help---
648
649 BBR (Bottleneck Bandwidth and RTT) TCP congestion control aims to
650 maximize network utilization and minimize queues. It builds an explicit
651 model of the the bottleneck delivery rate and path round-trip
652 propagation delay. It tolerates packet loss and delay unrelated to
653 congestion. It can operate over LAN, WAN, cellular, wifi, or cable
654 modem links. It can coexist with flows that use loss-based congestion
655 control, and can operate with shallow buffers, deep buffers,
656 bufferbloat, policers, or AQM schemes that do not provide a delay
657 signal. It requires the fq ("Fair Queue") pacing packet scheduler.
658
Stephen Hemminger3d2573f2006-09-24 20:11:58 -0700659choice
660 prompt "Default TCP congestion control"
Stephen Hemminger597811e2006-09-24 20:13:03 -0700661 default DEFAULT_CUBIC
Stephen Hemminger3d2573f2006-09-24 20:11:58 -0700662 help
663 Select the TCP congestion control that will be used by default
664 for all connections.
665
666 config DEFAULT_BIC
667 bool "Bic" if TCP_CONG_BIC=y
668
669 config DEFAULT_CUBIC
670 bool "Cubic" if TCP_CONG_CUBIC=y
671
672 config DEFAULT_HTCP
673 bool "Htcp" if TCP_CONG_HTCP=y
674
Jan Engelhardtdd2acaa2010-03-11 09:57:27 +0000675 config DEFAULT_HYBLA
676 bool "Hybla" if TCP_CONG_HYBLA=y
677
Stephen Hemminger3d2573f2006-09-24 20:11:58 -0700678 config DEFAULT_VEGAS
679 bool "Vegas" if TCP_CONG_VEGAS=y
680
Jan Engelhardt6ce1a6d2010-03-11 09:57:28 +0000681 config DEFAULT_VENO
682 bool "Veno" if TCP_CONG_VENO=y
683
Stephen Hemminger3d2573f2006-09-24 20:11:58 -0700684 config DEFAULT_WESTWOOD
685 bool "Westwood" if TCP_CONG_WESTWOOD=y
686
Daniel Borkmanne3118e82014-09-26 22:37:36 +0200687 config DEFAULT_DCTCP
688 bool "DCTCP" if TCP_CONG_DCTCP=y
689
Kenneth Klette Jonassen2b0a8c92015-06-10 19:08:17 +0200690 config DEFAULT_CDG
691 bool "CDG" if TCP_CONG_CDG=y
692
Neal Cardwell0f8782e2016-09-19 23:39:23 -0400693 config DEFAULT_BBR
694 bool "BBR" if TCP_CONG_BBR=y
695
Stephen Hemminger3d2573f2006-09-24 20:11:58 -0700696 config DEFAULT_RENO
697 bool "Reno"
Stephen Hemminger3d2573f2006-09-24 20:11:58 -0700698endchoice
699
700endif
Stephen Hemminger83803032005-06-23 12:23:25 -0700701
Stephen Hemminger597811e2006-09-24 20:13:03 -0700702config TCP_CONG_CUBIC
David S. Miller6c360762005-06-26 15:20:20 -0700703 tristate
David S. Millera6484042005-06-24 18:07:51 -0700704 depends on !TCP_CONG_ADVANCED
705 default y
706
Stephen Hemminger3d2573f2006-09-24 20:11:58 -0700707config DEFAULT_TCP_CONG
708 string
709 default "bic" if DEFAULT_BIC
710 default "cubic" if DEFAULT_CUBIC
711 default "htcp" if DEFAULT_HTCP
Jan Engelhardtdd2acaa2010-03-11 09:57:27 +0000712 default "hybla" if DEFAULT_HYBLA
Stephen Hemminger3d2573f2006-09-24 20:11:58 -0700713 default "vegas" if DEFAULT_VEGAS
714 default "westwood" if DEFAULT_WESTWOOD
Jan Engelhardt6ce1a6d2010-03-11 09:57:28 +0000715 default "veno" if DEFAULT_VENO
Stephen Hemminger3d2573f2006-09-24 20:11:58 -0700716 default "reno" if DEFAULT_RENO
Daniel Borkmanne3118e82014-09-26 22:37:36 +0200717 default "dctcp" if DEFAULT_DCTCP
Kenneth Klette Jonassen2b0a8c92015-06-10 19:08:17 +0200718 default "cdg" if DEFAULT_CDG
Julian Wollrath4df21df2016-11-25 15:05:26 +0100719 default "bbr" if DEFAULT_BBR
Stephen Hemminger597811e2006-09-24 20:13:03 -0700720 default "cubic"
Stephen Hemminger3d2573f2006-09-24 20:11:58 -0700721
YOSHIFUJI Hideakicfb6eeb2006-11-14 19:07:45 -0800722config TCP_MD5SIG
Kees Cook44fbe922012-10-02 11:19:48 -0700723 bool "TCP: MD5 Signature Option support (RFC2385)"
YOSHIFUJI Hideakicfb6eeb2006-11-14 19:07:45 -0800724 select CRYPTO
725 select CRYPTO_MD5
726 ---help---
David Sterba3dde6ad2007-05-09 07:12:20 +0200727 RFC2385 specifies a method of giving MD5 protection to TCP sessions.
YOSHIFUJI Hideakicfb6eeb2006-11-14 19:07:45 -0800728 Its main (only?) use is to protect BGP sessions between core routers
729 on the Internet.
730
731 If unsure, say N.