Module Name: src
Committed By: kefren
Date: Mon Feb 4 10:53:15 UTC 2013
Modified Files:
src/usr.sbin/ldpd: ldpd.8
Log Message:
Mention IPv6, operation mode and re-section a bit
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cvs rdiff -u -r1.7 -r1.8 src/usr.sbin/ldpd/ldpd.8
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Modified files:
Index: src/usr.sbin/ldpd/ldpd.8
diff -u src/usr.sbin/ldpd/ldpd.8:1.7 src/usr.sbin/ldpd/ldpd.8:1.8
--- src/usr.sbin/ldpd/ldpd.8:1.7 Mon Nov 12 22:46:59 2012
+++ src/usr.sbin/ldpd/ldpd.8 Mon Feb 4 10:53:14 2013
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: ldpd.8,v 1.7 2012/11/12 22:46:59 wiz Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: ldpd.8,v 1.8 2013/02/04 10:53:14 kefren Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2010 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
.\" All rights reserved.
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
.\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
.\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
-.Dd November 12, 2012
+.Dd February 4, 2013
.Dt LDPD 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -38,16 +38,13 @@
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm
is a utility used to automatically distribute labels between two MPLS LSRs
-almost conforming to RFC5036.
-Right now some features requested by RFC5036 are not fully implemented.
-For more information please consult the
+conforming to RFC5036.
+Currently some features described by RFC5036 are not fully implemented (see
.Sx BUGS
-section.
-As a security measure you SHOULD filter the LDP well-known (646)
-TCP and UDP ports using your favourite packet filter before starting
-.Nm .
-This is the current way used to filter neighbours and to protect the
-system of external attacks like route injections.
+section).
+.Nm
+supports peering with IPv6 LDP speakers and IPv6 labels exchange, conforming
+to specifications in RFC5036 and draft-ietf-mpls-ldp-ipv6.
.Pp
.Nm
logs information using the
@@ -74,6 +71,9 @@ routes will be changed into tagged route
will be populated.
Any change in MPLS topology will also be announced to LDP neighbors.
.Nm
+uses currently Independent Control Mapping and Downstream Unsolicited mode
+for Label Advertisment.
+.Nm
will listen on a route socket and compute the necessary changes in
order to change untagged routes into tagged routes.
This means that one may use one's favourite dynamic routing protocol
@@ -104,6 +104,12 @@ Changes the TCP control port (default: 2
.It Fl W
Enable output of warning messages.
.El
+.Sh SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS
+As a security measure you SHOULD filter the LDP well-known (646)
+TCP and UDP ports using your favourite packet filter before starting
+.Nm .
+This is the current way used to filter neighbours and to protect the
+system of possible external attacks like route injections.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Rs
.%R RFC
@@ -117,6 +123,12 @@ Enable output of warning messages.
.%D January 2001
.%T LDP Applicability
.Re
+.Rs
+.%R DRAFT
+.%N draft-ietf-mpls-ldp-ipv6-07
+.%D June 2012
+.%T Updates to LDP for IPv6
+.Re
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
@@ -124,4 +136,4 @@ command appeared in
.Nx 6.0 .
.Sh BUGS
.Nm
-supports only IPv4 and doesn't implement Path Vector and Hop Count TLVs.
+doesn't implement Path Vector and Hop Count TLVs.
