> >  > /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
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