Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] [discuss] Is it possible to do shared networking for LZ different from IP stack in GZ?

2012-06-11 Thread James Carlson
James Carlson wrote: > For what it's worth (and having worked on the code in the now-distant > past), I certainly agree with you at a high level. What you're > describing is an "obvious" generalization of the exclusive stack > concept. It was "obvious" enough that we actually discussed it > inter

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] [discuss] Is it possible to do shared networking for LZ different from IP stack in GZ?

2012-06-11 Thread James Carlson
Jim Klimov wrote: > 2012-06-11 18:19, Dan McDonald wrote: >> The fundamental question is always: What problem are you really >> trying to solve? > > Okay, I found another rationale beside performance and simplified > intra-zone routing (though not as apparent as exclusive routing). > It seems tha

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] [discuss] Is it possible to do shared networking for LZ different from IP stack in GZ?

2012-06-11 Thread Jim Klimov
2012-06-11 22:57, Robert Mustacchi wrote: This isn't a problem. When you promiscuously sniff traffic on a VNIC regardless of zone, you only get the following: * unicast traffic with your zones MAC address Okay, one problem less, maybe * Broadcast and multicast traffic This might expose some

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] [discuss] Is it possible to do shared networking for LZ different from IP stack in GZ?

2012-06-11 Thread Jim Klimov
2012-06-11 18:19, Dan McDonald wrote: The fundamental question is always: What problem are you really trying to solve? Okay, I found another rationale beside performance and simplified intra-zone routing (though not as apparent as exclusive routing). It seems that the shared IP stack offer be

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] [discuss] Is it possible to do shared networking for LZ different from IP stack in GZ?

2012-06-11 Thread Jim Klimov
2012-06-11 18:19, Dan McDonald wrote: 2012-06-11 18:47, Sebastien Roy wrote: DAN> The fundamental question is always: What problem are you really trying to solve? And as always (or often), it is a valid question. Technically, there is no immediate problem that I'd solve only this way, or, lik