> > > /We are starting several networking performance projects and would like > > > to host them under an umbrella project "Solaris Network Performance > > > Projects". This will not only ease the maintainence but will also make > > > it easy to locate performance projects. > > > / > > > We will start with the following project and add more projects as we > > > start working on them. Any new projects will be announced on > > > networking-discuss. > > > > > > *) Socket Filters > > > > > > *) Pluggable congestion control > > > > Sounds reasonable, but could we get more detail on what's in and out of > > scope for these two projects -- e.g., is pluggable congestion control > > limited to TCP or also applicable to SCTP? > > Socket Filters will provide a framework which makes it possible for > modules to intercept user requests and transport events occurring on > non-STREAMS sockets. Filters will be able to modify or deny socket > operations; transform, delay and inject data, as well as defer the > notification of new connections. > > Included in the scope of this project is the conversion of the > existing in-kernel SSL proxy into a socket filter.
Thanks for the information. Will this framework be made public as part of this initial effort, or will that be follow-on work? Is framework-level support for multiple filters on the same socket in-scope or out-of-scope? -- meem _______________________________________________ networking-discuss mailing list [email protected]
