From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
To: msmith@cbnco.com
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/2] Disable rp_filter for IPsec packets
Date: Sun, 10 Apr 2011 18:51:16 -0700 (PDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20110410.185116.39190482.davem@davemloft.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1302187911-20688-1-git-send-email-msmith@cbnco.com>
From: Michael Smith <msmith@cbnco.com>
Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2011 10:51:49 -0400
> The reverse path filter interferes with IPsec subnet-to-subnet tunnels,
> especially when the link to the IPsec peer is on an interface other than
> the one hosting the default route.
>
> IPsec provides a much stronger anti-spoofing policy than rp_filter, so
> this patch disables the rp_filter for packets with a security path.
>
> Patch is against net-next.
All applied, thanks Michael.
prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-04-11 1:51 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-04-07 14:51 [PATCH v2 0/2] Disable rp_filter for IPsec packets Michael Smith
2011-04-07 14:51 ` [PATCH v2 1/2] fib_validate_source(): pass sk_buff instead of mark Michael Smith
2011-04-07 14:51 ` [PATCH v2 2/2] Disable rp_filter for IPsec packets Michael Smith
2011-04-11 1:51 ` David Miller [this message]
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