On 10/27/08 14:12, Darren Reed wrote:
> On 10/27/08 09:21, Kacheong Poon wrote:
>> Darren Reed wrote:
>>
>>> 10 Packet Interception
>>> Which packet filtering hook will the ilb code be introducing?
>>
>>
>> No, the current design does not introduce any PF hook
>> (assuming you are referring to PSARC 2005/33).
>
> Why not?
Because it did not show up as a high priority requirement . ILB project 
is multiphased, and in this phase we plan to implement the high priority 
items.

> Were you planning on introducing some new API for 3rd party
> consumers to provide their own load balancing s/w in the kernel?
>
Not in Phase 1.

>
>>> Dropping fragmented packets is not acceptable. Talk to
>>> the IPsec guys for some tips on mitigating this problem.
>>> This will come back to bite us if it is implemented like
>>> this.
>>
>>
>> We are aware of several ways to handle this.  But we
>> opt to defer this.  In practice, this should only affect
>> UDP traffic.  And not supporting fragment should not
>> exclude the use of ILB for all UDP apps.  So we leave
>> this as an RFE for the next phase of the project.
>
> Correction: in theory this should only impact UDP traffic,
> in practice it affects UDP *and* TCP traffic.
>
>
As Kacheong has mentioned handling of fragments will be done post Phase 
1 delivery as an RFE. 
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