[LARTC] [ANNOUNCE] ESFQ for Linux 2.6.19.2 (with jhash!)

[Corey Hickey <bugfood-ml@fatooh.org>]

ESFQ's original hashing algorithm never worked particularly well for the
src or dst hash types: close IP addresses, such as 10.0.0.1 and 10.0.0.2
often hashed to the same number, even with many different perturbation
values. This prevented the src and dst hash types from working
adequately with small and medium-sized network ranges.

A while ago, I added the src_direct and dst_direct hash types in an
effort to work around the collision problem. The direct hash types were
collision-free if handled properly. Unfortunately, they only worked
properly for relatively small ranges of input, and as such required some
care in usage.

I have now (finally) converted ESFQ to use jhash, which is far easier to
use than I had ever thought. Collisions are still possible with jhash,
but they occur evenly, regardless of input range or distribution--as it
should be. When perturbation values are used, 10.0.0.1 and 10.0.0.2 are
just as likely to collide as 1.2.3.4 and 56.78.90.123.

The src_direct, dst_direct, and fwmark_direct hash type hacks are no
longer useful, and I intend to deprecate them in the next release. Send
me an email if you have a reason I should leave the *_direct hash types
alone.

Home page:
http://fatooh.org/esfq-2.6/

Direct URL:
http://fatooh.org/esfq-2.6/esfq-2.6.19.2.tar.gz

README (also available in the tar.gz):
http://fatooh.org/esfq-2.6/current/README

Try it out, have fun, and if you find a bug or have a suggestion please
send me an email.

-Corey
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