Hello Alexey,

Sunday, November 23, 2003, 2:20:05 PM, you wrote:

>> I found the idea of tagging in PF very interesting, and we are
>> interesting in using it for policy definitions, but here is the deal:
>> OVER THE INTERNET!...i know i know....the "panipulated " or tagged
>> packets, wil be capsulated into Ipsec...so problems like fragmantation
>> or routers shouldn'T be the problem. And on the other side would be an
>> "interpreter" or "translater" who "encodes" the tags off the packets.
>> 
>> It is thought to be used on ipsec gateways or ipsec brisges.
>> 
>> now my question is:
>> 
>> 1. Which code part of pf is responsible for such a thing? (our part
>> will be doing it on userspace level, and not kernelspace)
>> 
>> 
>> 2. What do you think would be problem, for the packets "on the way"? i
>> thought since they are capsulated, it should not be a problem...and on
>> receiver side, the packets would be joint again 8the fragmented
>> packets) and forwarded to client (behind bridge or gateway)

AES> there is already some kind of tagging in IP: tos value. unfortunately,
AES> pf can not handle tos value for own purposes. from the other side, tos
AES> width is 4 bits only so it can not handle much of useful information
AES> (pf tags, for example). additionally, the way, the routers over the
AES> world can interpret tos value, is unpredictable.
How about if i use IP-V6? would that give me more space? comparible to
space i have using pf-tagging? (in comparison to the 4 bits given by
TOS)


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