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Thomas Gleixnerec8f24b2019-05-19 13:07:45 +01001# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07002#
3# IP configuration
4#
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07005config IP_MULTICAST
6 bool "IP: multicasting"
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07007 help
8 This is code for addressing several networked computers at once,
9 enlarging your kernel by about 2 KB. You need multicasting if you
10 intend to participate in the MBONE, a high bandwidth network on top
11 of the Internet which carries audio and video broadcasts. More
12 information about the MBONE is on the WWW at
Alexander A. Klimov7a6498e2020-07-06 19:38:50 +020013 <https://www.savetz.com/mbone/>. For most people, it's safe to say N.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070014
15config IP_ADVANCED_ROUTER
16 bool "IP: advanced router"
Masahiro Yamadaa7f7f622020-06-14 01:50:22 +090017 help
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070018 If you intend to run your Linux box mostly as a router, i.e. as a
19 computer that forwards and redistributes network packets, say Y; you
20 will then be presented with several options that allow more precise
21 control about the routing process.
22
23 The answer to this question won't directly affect the kernel:
24 answering N will just cause the configurator to skip all the
25 questions about advanced routing.
26
27 Note that your box can only act as a router if you enable IP
28 forwarding in your kernel; you can do that by saying Y to "/proc
29 file system support" and "Sysctl support" below and executing the
30 line
31
32 echo "1" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward
33
34 at boot time after the /proc file system has been mounted.
35
Jesper Dangaard Brouerb2cc46a2009-02-22 00:06:20 -080036 If you turn on IP forwarding, you should consider the rp_filter, which
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070037 automatically rejects incoming packets if the routing table entry
38 for their source address doesn't match the network interface they're
39 arriving on. This has security advantages because it prevents the
40 so-called IP spoofing, however it can pose problems if you use
41 asymmetric routing (packets from you to a host take a different path
42 than packets from that host to you) or if you operate a non-routing
43 host which has several IP addresses on different interfaces. To turn
Dave Jonesd7394372007-05-17 15:02:21 -070044 rp_filter on use:
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070045
Dave Jonesd7394372007-05-17 15:02:21 -070046 echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/<device>/rp_filter
Nicolas Dichtel750e9fa2010-08-31 05:50:43 +000047 or
Dave Jonesd7394372007-05-17 15:02:21 -070048 echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/all/rp_filter
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070049
Jesper Dangaard Brouerb2cc46a2009-02-22 00:06:20 -080050 Note that some distributions enable it in startup scripts.
Jesper Dangaard Brouerd18921a2009-02-23 04:40:43 +000051 For details about rp_filter strict and loose mode read
Mauro Carvalho Chehab1cec2ca2020-04-28 00:01:49 +020052 <file:Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst>.
Jesper Dangaard Brouerb2cc46a2009-02-22 00:06:20 -080053
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070054 If unsure, say N here.
55
Stephen Hemminger66a2f7f2008-01-12 21:23:17 -080056config IP_FIB_TRIE_STATS
57 bool "FIB TRIE statistics"
David S. Miller3630b7c2011-02-01 15:15:39 -080058 depends on IP_ADVANCED_ROUTER
Masahiro Yamadaa7f7f622020-06-14 01:50:22 +090059 help
Stephen Hemminger66a2f7f2008-01-12 21:23:17 -080060 Keep track of statistics on structure of FIB TRIE table.
61 Useful for testing and measuring TRIE performance.
62
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070063config IP_MULTIPLE_TABLES
64 bool "IP: policy routing"
65 depends on IP_ADVANCED_ROUTER
Thomas Grafe1ef4bf2006-08-04 03:39:22 -070066 select FIB_RULES
Masahiro Yamadaa7f7f622020-06-14 01:50:22 +090067 help
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070068 Normally, a router decides what to do with a received packet based
69 solely on the packet's final destination address. If you say Y here,
70 the Linux router will also be able to take the packet's source
71 address into account. Furthermore, the TOS (Type-Of-Service) field
72 of the packet can be used for routing decisions as well.
73
Stephen Hemminger12ed3772017-10-11 20:10:31 -070074 If you need more information, see the Linux Advanced
75 Routing and Traffic Control documentation at
Alexander A. Klimov7a6498e2020-07-06 19:38:50 +020076 <https://lartc.org/howto/lartc.rpdb.html>
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070077
78 If unsure, say N.
79
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070080config IP_ROUTE_MULTIPATH
81 bool "IP: equal cost multipath"
82 depends on IP_ADVANCED_ROUTER
83 help
84 Normally, the routing tables specify a single action to be taken in
85 a deterministic manner for a given packet. If you say Y here
86 however, it becomes possible to attach several actions to a packet
87 pattern, in effect specifying several alternative paths to travel
88 for those packets. The router considers all these paths to be of
89 equal "cost" and chooses one of them in a non-deterministic fashion
90 if a matching packet arrives.
91
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070092config IP_ROUTE_VERBOSE
93 bool "IP: verbose route monitoring"
94 depends on IP_ADVANCED_ROUTER
95 help
96 If you say Y here, which is recommended, then the kernel will print
97 verbose messages regarding the routing, for example warnings about
98 received packets which look strange and could be evidence of an
99 attack or a misconfigured system somewhere. The information is
100 handled by the klogd daemon which is responsible for kernel messages
101 ("man klogd").
102
Patrick McHardyc7066f72011-01-14 13:36:42 +0100103config IP_ROUTE_CLASSID
104 bool
105
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700106config IP_PNP
107 bool "IP: kernel level autoconfiguration"
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700108 help
109 This enables automatic configuration of IP addresses of devices and
110 of the routing table during kernel boot, based on either information
111 supplied on the kernel command line or by BOOTP or RARP protocols.
112 You need to say Y only for diskless machines requiring network
113 access to boot (in which case you want to say Y to "Root file system
114 on NFS" as well), because all other machines configure the network
115 in their startup scripts.
116
117config IP_PNP_DHCP
118 bool "IP: DHCP support"
119 depends on IP_PNP
Masahiro Yamadaa7f7f622020-06-14 01:50:22 +0900120 help
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700121 If you want your Linux box to mount its whole root file system (the
122 one containing the directory /) from some other computer over the
123 net via NFS and you want the IP address of your computer to be
124 discovered automatically at boot time using the DHCP protocol (a
125 special protocol designed for doing this job), say Y here. In case
126 the boot ROM of your network card was designed for booting Linux and
127 does DHCP itself, providing all necessary information on the kernel
128 command line, you can say N here.
129
130 If unsure, say Y. Note that if you want to use DHCP, a DHCP server
131 must be operating on your network. Read
Niklas Söderlund3eb30c52020-02-12 19:13:32 +0100132 <file:Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/nfsroot.rst> for details.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700133
134config IP_PNP_BOOTP
135 bool "IP: BOOTP support"
136 depends on IP_PNP
Masahiro Yamadaa7f7f622020-06-14 01:50:22 +0900137 help
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700138 If you want your Linux box to mount its whole root file system (the
139 one containing the directory /) from some other computer over the
140 net via NFS and you want the IP address of your computer to be
141 discovered automatically at boot time using the BOOTP protocol (a
142 special protocol designed for doing this job), say Y here. In case
143 the boot ROM of your network card was designed for booting Linux and
144 does BOOTP itself, providing all necessary information on the kernel
145 command line, you can say N here. If unsure, say Y. Note that if you
146 want to use BOOTP, a BOOTP server must be operating on your network.
Niklas Söderlund3eb30c52020-02-12 19:13:32 +0100147 Read <file:Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/nfsroot.rst> for details.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700148
149config IP_PNP_RARP
150 bool "IP: RARP support"
151 depends on IP_PNP
152 help
153 If you want your Linux box to mount its whole root file system (the
154 one containing the directory /) from some other computer over the
155 net via NFS and you want the IP address of your computer to be
156 discovered automatically at boot time using the RARP protocol (an
157 older protocol which is being obsoleted by BOOTP and DHCP), say Y
158 here. Note that if you want to use RARP, a RARP server must be
J. Bruce Fields6ded55d2008-04-07 15:59:03 -0400159 operating on your network. Read
Niklas Söderlund3eb30c52020-02-12 19:13:32 +0100160 <file:Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/nfsroot.rst> for details.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700161
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700162config NET_IPIP
163 tristate "IP: tunneling"
Herbert Xud2acc342006-03-28 01:12:13 -0800164 select INET_TUNNEL
Pravin B Shelarfd581562013-03-25 14:49:41 +0000165 select NET_IP_TUNNEL
Masahiro Yamadaa7f7f622020-06-14 01:50:22 +0900166 help
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700167 Tunneling means encapsulating data of one protocol type within
168 another protocol and sending it over a channel that understands the
169 encapsulating protocol. This particular tunneling driver implements
170 encapsulation of IP within IP, which sounds kind of pointless, but
171 can be useful if you want to make your (or some other) machine
172 appear on a different network than it physically is, or to use
173 mobile-IP facilities (allowing laptops to seamlessly move between
174 networks without changing their IP addresses).
175
176 Saying Y to this option will produce two modules ( = code which can
177 be inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you
178 want). Most people won't need this and can say N.
179
Dmitry Kozlov00959ad2010-08-21 23:05:39 -0700180config NET_IPGRE_DEMUX
181 tristate "IP: GRE demultiplexer"
182 help
Krzysztof Kozlowski43da1412019-11-21 21:28:35 +0800183 This is helper module to demultiplex GRE packets on GRE version field criteria.
184 Required by ip_gre and pptp modules.
Dmitry Kozlov00959ad2010-08-21 23:05:39 -0700185
Pravin B Shelarc5441932013-03-25 14:49:35 +0000186config NET_IP_TUNNEL
187 tristate
Paolo Abenie09acdd2016-02-12 15:43:55 +0100188 select DST_CACHE
Eric Dumazet97e219b2017-02-07 15:37:15 -0800189 select GRO_CELLS
Pravin B Shelarc5441932013-03-25 14:49:35 +0000190 default n
191
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700192config NET_IPGRE
193 tristate "IP: GRE tunnels over IP"
David S. Miller21a180c2010-10-04 11:56:38 -0700194 depends on (IPV6 || IPV6=n) && NET_IPGRE_DEMUX
Pravin B Shelarc5441932013-03-25 14:49:35 +0000195 select NET_IP_TUNNEL
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700196 help
197 Tunneling means encapsulating data of one protocol type within
198 another protocol and sending it over a channel that understands the
199 encapsulating protocol. This particular tunneling driver implements
200 GRE (Generic Routing Encapsulation) and at this time allows
201 encapsulating of IPv4 or IPv6 over existing IPv4 infrastructure.
202 This driver is useful if the other endpoint is a Cisco router: Cisco
203 likes GRE much better than the other Linux tunneling driver ("IP
204 tunneling" above). In addition, GRE allows multicast redistribution
205 through the tunnel.
206
207config NET_IPGRE_BROADCAST
208 bool "IP: broadcast GRE over IP"
209 depends on IP_MULTICAST && NET_IPGRE
210 help
211 One application of GRE/IP is to construct a broadcast WAN (Wide Area
212 Network), which looks like a normal Ethernet LAN (Local Area
213 Network), but can be distributed all over the Internet. If you want
214 to do that, say Y here and to "IP multicast routing" below.
215
Yuval Mintz6853f212018-02-28 23:29:29 +0200216config IP_MROUTE_COMMON
217 bool
218 depends on IP_MROUTE || IPV6_MROUTE
219
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700220config IP_MROUTE
221 bool "IP: multicast routing"
222 depends on IP_MULTICAST
Yuval Mintz6853f212018-02-28 23:29:29 +0200223 select IP_MROUTE_COMMON
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700224 help
225 This is used if you want your machine to act as a router for IP
226 packets that have several destination addresses. It is needed on the
227 MBONE, a high bandwidth network on top of the Internet which carries
228 audio and video broadcasts. In order to do that, you would most
Jean Sacren4960c2c2013-06-01 16:23:17 +0000229 likely run the program mrouted. If you haven't heard about it, you
230 don't need it.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700231
Patrick McHardyf0ad0862010-04-13 05:03:23 +0000232config IP_MROUTE_MULTIPLE_TABLES
233 bool "IP: multicast policy routing"
Patrick McHardy66496d42010-04-15 13:29:27 +0200234 depends on IP_MROUTE && IP_ADVANCED_ROUTER
Patrick McHardyf0ad0862010-04-13 05:03:23 +0000235 select FIB_RULES
236 help
237 Normally, a multicast router runs a userspace daemon and decides
238 what to do with a multicast packet based on the source and
239 destination addresses. If you say Y here, the multicast router
240 will also be able to take interfaces and packet marks into
241 account and run multiple instances of userspace daemons
242 simultaneously, each one handling a single table.
243
244 If unsure, say N.
245
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700246config IP_PIMSM_V1
247 bool "IP: PIM-SM version 1 support"
248 depends on IP_MROUTE
249 help
250 Kernel side support for Sparse Mode PIM (Protocol Independent
251 Multicast) version 1. This multicast routing protocol is used widely
252 because Cisco supports it. You need special software to use it
253 (pimd-v1). Please see <http://netweb.usc.edu/pim/> for more
254 information about PIM.
255
256 Say Y if you want to use PIM-SM v1. Note that you can say N here if
257 you just want to use Dense Mode PIM.
258
259config IP_PIMSM_V2
260 bool "IP: PIM-SM version 2 support"
261 depends on IP_MROUTE
262 help
263 Kernel side support for Sparse Mode PIM version 2. In order to use
264 this, you need an experimental routing daemon supporting it (pimd or
265 gated-5). This routing protocol is not used widely, so say N unless
266 you want to play with it.
267
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700268config SYN_COOKIES
Florian Westphal57f15532010-06-03 00:42:30 +0000269 bool "IP: TCP syncookie support"
Masahiro Yamadaa7f7f622020-06-14 01:50:22 +0900270 help
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700271 Normal TCP/IP networking is open to an attack known as "SYN
272 flooding". This denial-of-service attack prevents legitimate remote
273 users from being able to connect to your computer during an ongoing
274 attack and requires very little work from the attacker, who can
275 operate from anywhere on the Internet.
276
277 SYN cookies provide protection against this type of attack. If you
278 say Y here, the TCP/IP stack will use a cryptographic challenge
279 protocol known as "SYN cookies" to enable legitimate users to
280 continue to connect, even when your machine is under attack. There
281 is no need for the legitimate users to change their TCP/IP software;
282 SYN cookies work transparently to them. For technical information
Alexander A. Klimov7a6498e2020-07-06 19:38:50 +0200283 about SYN cookies, check out <https://cr.yp.to/syncookies.html>.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700284
285 If you are SYN flooded, the source address reported by the kernel is
286 likely to have been forged by the attacker; it is only reported as
287 an aid in tracing the packets to their actual source and should not
288 be taken as absolute truth.
289
290 SYN cookies may prevent correct error reporting on clients when the
291 server is really overloaded. If this happens frequently better turn
292 them off.
293
Florian Westphal57f15532010-06-03 00:42:30 +0000294 If you say Y here, you can disable SYN cookies at run time by
295 saying Y to "/proc file system support" and
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700296 "Sysctl support" below and executing the command
297
Florian Westphal57f15532010-06-03 00:42:30 +0000298 echo 0 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_syncookies
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700299
Florian Westphal57f15532010-06-03 00:42:30 +0000300 after the /proc file system has been mounted.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700301
302 If unsure, say N.
303
Saurabh11814122012-07-17 09:44:54 +0000304config NET_IPVTI
305 tristate "Virtual (secure) IP: tunneling"
Nicolas Dichtelf1ed1022020-02-04 17:00:27 +0100306 depends on IPV6 || IPV6=n
Saurabh11814122012-07-17 09:44:54 +0000307 select INET_TUNNEL
Pravin B Shelarf61dd382013-03-25 14:50:00 +0000308 select NET_IP_TUNNEL
Florian Westphal4c145dc2019-03-29 21:16:31 +0100309 select XFRM
Masahiro Yamadaa7f7f622020-06-14 01:50:22 +0900310 help
Saurabh11814122012-07-17 09:44:54 +0000311 Tunneling means encapsulating data of one protocol type within
312 another protocol and sending it over a channel that understands the
313 encapsulating protocol. This can be used with xfrm mode tunnel to give
314 the notion of a secure tunnel for IPSEC and then use routing protocol
315 on top.
316
Tom Herbert8024e022014-07-13 19:49:37 -0700317config NET_UDP_TUNNEL
318 tristate
Andy Zhou7c5df8f2014-10-06 15:15:14 -0700319 select NET_IP_TUNNEL
Tom Herbert8024e022014-07-13 19:49:37 -0700320 default n
321
Tom Herbert234615512014-09-17 12:25:56 -0700322config NET_FOU
323 tristate "IP: Foo (IP protocols) over UDP"
324 select XFRM
325 select NET_UDP_TUNNEL
Masahiro Yamadaa7f7f622020-06-14 01:50:22 +0900326 help
Tom Herbert234615512014-09-17 12:25:56 -0700327 Foo over UDP allows any IP protocol to be directly encapsulated
328 over UDP include tunnels (IPIP, GRE, SIT). By encapsulating in UDP
329 network mechanisms and optimizations for UDP (such as ECMP
330 and RSS) can be leveraged to provide better service.
331
Tom Herbert63487ba2014-11-04 09:06:51 -0800332config NET_FOU_IP_TUNNELS
333 bool "IP: FOU encapsulation of IP tunnels"
334 depends on NET_IPIP || NET_IPGRE || IPV6_SIT
335 select NET_FOU
Masahiro Yamadaa7f7f622020-06-14 01:50:22 +0900336 help
Tom Herbert63487ba2014-11-04 09:06:51 -0800337 Allow configuration of FOU or GUE encapsulation for IP tunnels.
338 When this option is enabled IP tunnels can be configured to use
339 FOU or GUE encapsulation.
340
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700341config INET_AH
342 tristate "IP: AH transformation"
Eric Biggers7d4e3912020-06-10 09:14:35 -0700343 select XFRM_AH
Masahiro Yamadaa7f7f622020-06-14 01:50:22 +0900344 help
Eric Biggersbe013692020-06-10 09:14:37 -0700345 Support for IPsec AH (Authentication Header).
346
347 AH can be used with various authentication algorithms. Besides
348 enabling AH support itself, this option enables the generic
349 implementations of the algorithms that RFC 8221 lists as MUST be
350 implemented. If you need any other algorithms, you'll need to enable
351 them in the crypto API. You should also enable accelerated
352 implementations of any needed algorithms when available.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700353
354 If unsure, say Y.
355
356config INET_ESP
357 tristate "IP: ESP transformation"
Eric Biggers7d4e3912020-06-10 09:14:35 -0700358 select XFRM_ESP
Masahiro Yamadaa7f7f622020-06-14 01:50:22 +0900359 help
Eric Biggersbe013692020-06-10 09:14:37 -0700360 Support for IPsec ESP (Encapsulating Security Payload).
361
362 ESP can be used with various encryption and authentication algorithms.
363 Besides enabling ESP support itself, this option enables the generic
364 implementations of the algorithms that RFC 8221 lists as MUST be
365 implemented. If you need any other algorithms, you'll need to enable
366 them in the crypto API. You should also enable accelerated
367 implementations of any needed algorithms when available.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700368
369 If unsure, say Y.
370
Steffen Klassert7785bba2017-02-15 09:40:00 +0100371config INET_ESP_OFFLOAD
372 tristate "IP: ESP transformation offload"
373 depends on INET_ESP
374 select XFRM_OFFLOAD
375 default n
Masahiro Yamadaa7f7f622020-06-14 01:50:22 +0900376 help
Steffen Klassert7785bba2017-02-15 09:40:00 +0100377 Support for ESP transformation offload. This makes sense
378 only if this system really does IPsec and want to do it
379 with high throughput. A typical desktop system does not
380 need it, even if it does IPsec.
381
382 If unsure, say N.
383
Sabrina Dubrocae27cca92019-11-25 14:49:02 +0100384config INET_ESPINTCP
385 bool "IP: ESP in TCP encapsulation (RFC 8229)"
386 depends on XFRM && INET_ESP
387 select STREAM_PARSER
388 select NET_SOCK_MSG
Sabrina Dubroca26333c32020-04-27 17:59:35 +0200389 select XFRM_ESPINTCP
Sabrina Dubrocae27cca92019-11-25 14:49:02 +0100390 help
391 Support for RFC 8229 encapsulation of ESP and IKE over
392 TCP/IPv4 sockets.
393
394 If unsure, say N.
395
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700396config INET_IPCOMP
397 tristate "IP: IPComp transformation"
Herbert Xud2acc342006-03-28 01:12:13 -0800398 select INET_XFRM_TUNNEL
Herbert Xu6fccab62008-07-25 02:54:40 -0700399 select XFRM_IPCOMP
Masahiro Yamadaa7f7f622020-06-14 01:50:22 +0900400 help
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700401 Support for IP Payload Compression Protocol (IPComp) (RFC3173),
402 typically needed for IPsec.
Jesper Dangaard Brouera6e8f272009-02-22 00:07:13 -0800403
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700404 If unsure, say Y.
405
Herbert Xud2acc342006-03-28 01:12:13 -0800406config INET_XFRM_TUNNEL
407 tristate
408 select INET_TUNNEL
409 default n
410
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700411config INET_TUNNEL
Herbert Xud2acc342006-03-28 01:12:13 -0800412 tristate
413 default n
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700414
Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo17b085e2005-08-12 12:59:17 -0300415config INET_DIAG
416 tristate "INET: socket monitoring interface"
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700417 default y
Masahiro Yamadaa7f7f622020-06-14 01:50:22 +0900418 help
Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo73c1f4a2005-08-12 12:51:49 -0300419 Support for INET (TCP, DCCP, etc) socket monitoring interface used by
420 native Linux tools such as ss. ss is included in iproute2, currently
Michael Wittenc996d8b2010-11-15 19:55:34 +0000421 downloadable at:
Stephen Hemmingere446a272018-07-24 12:29:18 -0700422
Michael Wittenc996d8b2010-11-15 19:55:34 +0000423 http://www.linuxfoundation.org/collaborate/workgroups/networking/iproute2
Jesper Dangaard Brouera6e8f272009-02-22 00:07:13 -0800424
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700425 If unsure, say Y.
426
Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo17b085e2005-08-12 12:59:17 -0300427config INET_TCP_DIAG
428 depends on INET_DIAG
429 def_tristate INET_DIAG
430
Pavel Emelyanov507dd792011-12-09 06:24:36 +0000431config INET_UDP_DIAG
David S. Miller6d62a662012-01-07 12:13:06 -0800432 tristate "UDP: socket monitoring interface"
Anisse Astier6d258862012-02-07 07:39:11 +0000433 depends on INET_DIAG && (IPV6 || IPV6=n)
David S. Miller6d62a662012-01-07 12:13:06 -0800434 default n
Masahiro Yamadaa7f7f622020-06-14 01:50:22 +0900435 help
David S. Miller6d62a662012-01-07 12:13:06 -0800436 Support for UDP socket monitoring interface used by the ss tool.
437 If unsure, say Y.
Pavel Emelyanov507dd792011-12-09 06:24:36 +0000438
Cyrill Gorcunov432490f2016-10-21 13:03:44 +0300439config INET_RAW_DIAG
440 tristate "RAW: socket monitoring interface"
441 depends on INET_DIAG && (IPV6 || IPV6=n)
442 default n
Masahiro Yamadaa7f7f622020-06-14 01:50:22 +0900443 help
Cyrill Gorcunov432490f2016-10-21 13:03:44 +0300444 Support for RAW socket monitoring interface used by the ss tool.
445 If unsure, say Y.
446
Lorenzo Colittic1e64e22015-12-16 12:30:05 +0900447config INET_DIAG_DESTROY
448 bool "INET: allow privileged process to administratively close sockets"
449 depends on INET_DIAG
450 default n
Masahiro Yamadaa7f7f622020-06-14 01:50:22 +0900451 help
Lorenzo Colittic1e64e22015-12-16 12:30:05 +0900452 Provides a SOCK_DESTROY operation that allows privileged processes
453 (e.g., a connection manager or a network administration tool such as
454 ss) to close sockets opened by other processes. Closing a socket in
455 this way interrupts any blocking read/write/connect operations on
456 the socket and causes future socket calls to behave as if the socket
457 had been disconnected.
458 If unsure, say N.
459
Stephen Hemminger3d2573f2006-09-24 20:11:58 -0700460menuconfig TCP_CONG_ADVANCED
David S. Millera6484042005-06-24 18:07:51 -0700461 bool "TCP: advanced congestion control"
Masahiro Yamadaa7f7f622020-06-14 01:50:22 +0900462 help
David S. Millera6484042005-06-24 18:07:51 -0700463 Support for selection of various TCP congestion control
464 modules.
465
466 Nearly all users can safely say no here, and a safe default
Stephen Hemminger597811e2006-09-24 20:13:03 -0700467 selection will be made (CUBIC with new Reno as a fallback).
David S. Millera6484042005-06-24 18:07:51 -0700468
469 If unsure, say N.
470
Stephen Hemminger3d2573f2006-09-24 20:11:58 -0700471if TCP_CONG_ADVANCED
Stephen Hemminger83803032005-06-23 12:23:25 -0700472
473config TCP_CONG_BIC
474 tristate "Binary Increase Congestion (BIC) control"
Stephen Hemminger597811e2006-09-24 20:13:03 -0700475 default m
Masahiro Yamadaa7f7f622020-06-14 01:50:22 +0900476 help
Krzysztof Kozlowski43da1412019-11-21 21:28:35 +0800477 BIC-TCP is a sender-side only change that ensures a linear RTT
478 fairness under large windows while offering both scalability and
479 bounded TCP-friendliness. The protocol combines two schemes
480 called additive increase and binary search increase. When the
481 congestion window is large, additive increase with a large
482 increment ensures linear RTT fairness as well as good
483 scalability. Under small congestion windows, binary search
484 increase provides TCP friendliness.
485 See http://www.csc.ncsu.edu/faculty/rhee/export/bitcp/
Stephen Hemminger83803032005-06-23 12:23:25 -0700486
Stephen Hemmingerdf3271f2005-12-13 23:13:28 -0800487config TCP_CONG_CUBIC
488 tristate "CUBIC TCP"
Stephen Hemminger597811e2006-09-24 20:13:03 -0700489 default y
Masahiro Yamadaa7f7f622020-06-14 01:50:22 +0900490 help
Krzysztof Kozlowski43da1412019-11-21 21:28:35 +0800491 This is version 2.0 of BIC-TCP which uses a cubic growth function
492 among other techniques.
493 See http://www.csc.ncsu.edu/faculty/rhee/export/bitcp/cubic-paper.pdf
Stephen Hemmingerdf3271f2005-12-13 23:13:28 -0800494
Stephen Hemminger87270762005-06-23 12:24:09 -0700495config TCP_CONG_WESTWOOD
496 tristate "TCP Westwood+"
Stephen Hemminger87270762005-06-23 12:24:09 -0700497 default m
Masahiro Yamadaa7f7f622020-06-14 01:50:22 +0900498 help
Krzysztof Kozlowski43da1412019-11-21 21:28:35 +0800499 TCP Westwood+ is a sender-side only modification of the TCP Reno
500 protocol stack that optimizes the performance of TCP congestion
501 control. It is based on end-to-end bandwidth estimation to set
502 congestion window and slow start threshold after a congestion
503 episode. Using this estimation, TCP Westwood+ adaptively sets a
504 slow start threshold and a congestion window which takes into
505 account the bandwidth used at the time congestion is experienced.
506 TCP Westwood+ significantly increases fairness wrt TCP Reno in
507 wired networks and throughput over wireless links.
Stephen Hemminger87270762005-06-23 12:24:09 -0700508
Baruch Evena7868ea2005-06-23 12:28:11 -0700509config TCP_CONG_HTCP
Krzysztof Kozlowskibf69aba2019-09-23 17:52:42 +0200510 tristate "H-TCP"
511 default m
Masahiro Yamadaa7f7f622020-06-14 01:50:22 +0900512 help
Krzysztof Kozlowski43da1412019-11-21 21:28:35 +0800513 H-TCP is a send-side only modifications of the TCP Reno
514 protocol stack that optimizes the performance of TCP
515 congestion control for high speed network links. It uses a
516 modeswitch to change the alpha and beta parameters of TCP Reno
517 based on network conditions and in a way so as to be fair with
518 other Reno and H-TCP flows.
Baruch Evena7868ea2005-06-23 12:28:11 -0700519
John Heffnera628d292005-06-23 12:24:58 -0700520config TCP_CONG_HSTCP
521 tristate "High Speed TCP"
John Heffnera628d292005-06-23 12:24:58 -0700522 default n
Masahiro Yamadaa7f7f622020-06-14 01:50:22 +0900523 help
Krzysztof Kozlowski43da1412019-11-21 21:28:35 +0800524 Sally Floyd's High Speed TCP (RFC 3649) congestion control.
525 A modification to TCP's congestion control mechanism for use
526 with large congestion windows. A table indicates how much to
527 increase the congestion window by when an ACK is received.
Alexander A. Klimov7a6498e2020-07-06 19:38:50 +0200528 For more detail see https://www.icir.org/floyd/hstcp.html
John Heffnera628d292005-06-23 12:24:58 -0700529
Daniele Lacamera835b3f02005-06-23 12:26:34 -0700530config TCP_CONG_HYBLA
531 tristate "TCP-Hybla congestion control algorithm"
Daniele Lacamera835b3f02005-06-23 12:26:34 -0700532 default n
Masahiro Yamadaa7f7f622020-06-14 01:50:22 +0900533 help
Krzysztof Kozlowski43da1412019-11-21 21:28:35 +0800534 TCP-Hybla is a sender-side only change that eliminates penalization of
535 long-RTT, large-bandwidth connections, like when satellite legs are
536 involved, especially when sharing a common bottleneck with normal
537 terrestrial connections.
Daniele Lacamera835b3f02005-06-23 12:26:34 -0700538
Stephen Hemmingerb87d8562005-06-23 12:27:19 -0700539config TCP_CONG_VEGAS
540 tristate "TCP Vegas"
Stephen Hemmingerb87d8562005-06-23 12:27:19 -0700541 default n
Masahiro Yamadaa7f7f622020-06-14 01:50:22 +0900542 help
Krzysztof Kozlowski43da1412019-11-21 21:28:35 +0800543 TCP Vegas is a sender-side only change to TCP that anticipates
544 the onset of congestion by estimating the bandwidth. TCP Vegas
545 adjusts the sending rate by modifying the congestion
546 window. TCP Vegas should provide less packet loss, but it is
547 not as aggressive as TCP Reno.
Stephen Hemmingerb87d8562005-06-23 12:27:19 -0700548
Lawrence Brakmo699fafa2016-06-08 21:16:45 -0700549config TCP_CONG_NV
Krzysztof Kozlowski43da1412019-11-21 21:28:35 +0800550 tristate "TCP NV"
551 default n
Masahiro Yamadaa7f7f622020-06-14 01:50:22 +0900552 help
Krzysztof Kozlowski43da1412019-11-21 21:28:35 +0800553 TCP NV is a follow up to TCP Vegas. It has been modified to deal with
554 10G networks, measurement noise introduced by LRO, GRO and interrupt
555 coalescence. In addition, it will decrease its cwnd multiplicatively
556 instead of linearly.
Lawrence Brakmo699fafa2016-06-08 21:16:45 -0700557
Krzysztof Kozlowski43da1412019-11-21 21:28:35 +0800558 Note that in general congestion avoidance (cwnd decreased when # packets
559 queued grows) cannot coexist with congestion control (cwnd decreased only
560 when there is packet loss) due to fairness issues. One scenario when they
561 can coexist safely is when the CA flows have RTTs << CC flows RTTs.
Lawrence Brakmo699fafa2016-06-08 21:16:45 -0700562
Krzysztof Kozlowski43da1412019-11-21 21:28:35 +0800563 For further details see http://www.brakmo.org/networking/tcp-nv/
Lawrence Brakmo699fafa2016-06-08 21:16:45 -0700564
John Heffner0e579762005-06-23 12:29:07 -0700565config TCP_CONG_SCALABLE
566 tristate "Scalable TCP"
John Heffner0e579762005-06-23 12:29:07 -0700567 default n
Masahiro Yamadaa7f7f622020-06-14 01:50:22 +0900568 help
Krzysztof Kozlowski43da1412019-11-21 21:28:35 +0800569 Scalable TCP is a sender-side only change to TCP which uses a
570 MIMD congestion control algorithm which has some nice scaling
571 properties, though is known to have fairness issues.
572 See http://www.deneholme.net/tom/scalable/
Baruch Evena7868ea2005-06-23 12:28:11 -0700573
Wong Hoi Sing Edison7c106d72006-06-05 17:27:58 -0700574config TCP_CONG_LP
575 tristate "TCP Low Priority"
Wong Hoi Sing Edison7c106d72006-06-05 17:27:58 -0700576 default n
Masahiro Yamadaa7f7f622020-06-14 01:50:22 +0900577 help
Krzysztof Kozlowski43da1412019-11-21 21:28:35 +0800578 TCP Low Priority (TCP-LP), a distributed algorithm whose goal is
579 to utilize only the excess network bandwidth as compared to the
580 ``fair share`` of bandwidth as targeted by TCP.
581 See http://www-ece.rice.edu/networks/TCP-LP/
Wong Hoi Sing Edison7c106d72006-06-05 17:27:58 -0700582
Bin Zhou76f10172006-06-05 17:28:30 -0700583config TCP_CONG_VENO
584 tristate "TCP Veno"
Bin Zhou76f10172006-06-05 17:28:30 -0700585 default n
Masahiro Yamadaa7f7f622020-06-14 01:50:22 +0900586 help
Krzysztof Kozlowski43da1412019-11-21 21:28:35 +0800587 TCP Veno is a sender-side only enhancement of TCP to obtain better
588 throughput over wireless networks. TCP Veno makes use of state
589 distinguishing to circumvent the difficult judgment of the packet loss
590 type. TCP Veno cuts down less congestion window in response to random
591 loss packets.
592 See <http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/freeabs_all.jsp?arnumber=1177186>
Bin Zhou76f10172006-06-05 17:28:30 -0700593
Angelo P. Castellani5ef81472007-02-22 00:23:05 -0800594config TCP_CONG_YEAH
595 tristate "YeAH TCP"
David S. Miller2ff011e2007-05-17 00:07:47 -0700596 select TCP_CONG_VEGAS
Angelo P. Castellani5ef81472007-02-22 00:23:05 -0800597 default n
Masahiro Yamadaa7f7f622020-06-14 01:50:22 +0900598 help
Krzysztof Kozlowski43da1412019-11-21 21:28:35 +0800599 YeAH-TCP is a sender-side high-speed enabled TCP congestion control
600 algorithm, which uses a mixed loss/delay approach to compute the
601 congestion window. It's design goals target high efficiency,
602 internal, RTT and Reno fairness, resilience to link loss while
603 keeping network elements load as low as possible.
Angelo P. Castellani5ef81472007-02-22 00:23:05 -0800604
Krzysztof Kozlowski43da1412019-11-21 21:28:35 +0800605 For further details look here:
606 http://wil.cs.caltech.edu/pfldnet2007/paper/YeAH_TCP.pdf
Angelo P. Castellani5ef81472007-02-22 00:23:05 -0800607
Stephen Hemmingerc4622382007-04-20 17:07:51 -0700608config TCP_CONG_ILLINOIS
609 tristate "TCP Illinois"
Stephen Hemmingerc4622382007-04-20 17:07:51 -0700610 default n
Masahiro Yamadaa7f7f622020-06-14 01:50:22 +0900611 help
Krzysztof Kozlowski43da1412019-11-21 21:28:35 +0800612 TCP-Illinois is a sender-side modification of TCP Reno for
613 high speed long delay links. It uses round-trip-time to
614 adjust the alpha and beta parameters to achieve a higher average
615 throughput and maintain fairness.
Stephen Hemmingerc4622382007-04-20 17:07:51 -0700616
Krzysztof Kozlowski43da1412019-11-21 21:28:35 +0800617 For further details see:
618 http://www.ews.uiuc.edu/~shaoliu/tcpillinois/index.html
Stephen Hemmingerc4622382007-04-20 17:07:51 -0700619
Daniel Borkmanne3118e82014-09-26 22:37:36 +0200620config TCP_CONG_DCTCP
621 tristate "DataCenter TCP (DCTCP)"
622 default n
Masahiro Yamadaa7f7f622020-06-14 01:50:22 +0900623 help
Krzysztof Kozlowski43da1412019-11-21 21:28:35 +0800624 DCTCP leverages Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN) in the network to
625 provide multi-bit feedback to the end hosts. It is designed to provide:
Daniel Borkmanne3118e82014-09-26 22:37:36 +0200626
Krzysztof Kozlowski43da1412019-11-21 21:28:35 +0800627 - High burst tolerance (incast due to partition/aggregate),
628 - Low latency (short flows, queries),
629 - High throughput (continuous data updates, large file transfers) with
630 commodity, shallow-buffered switches.
Daniel Borkmanne3118e82014-09-26 22:37:36 +0200631
Krzysztof Kozlowski43da1412019-11-21 21:28:35 +0800632 All switches in the data center network running DCTCP must support
633 ECN marking and be configured for marking when reaching defined switch
634 buffer thresholds. The default ECN marking threshold heuristic for
635 DCTCP on switches is 20 packets (30KB) at 1Gbps, and 65 packets
636 (~100KB) at 10Gbps, but might need further careful tweaking.
Daniel Borkmanne3118e82014-09-26 22:37:36 +0200637
Krzysztof Kozlowski43da1412019-11-21 21:28:35 +0800638 For further details see:
639 http://simula.stanford.edu/~alizade/Site/DCTCP_files/dctcp-final.pdf
Daniel Borkmanne3118e82014-09-26 22:37:36 +0200640
Kenneth Klette Jonassen2b0a8c92015-06-10 19:08:17 +0200641config TCP_CONG_CDG
642 tristate "CAIA Delay-Gradient (CDG)"
643 default n
Masahiro Yamadaa7f7f622020-06-14 01:50:22 +0900644 help
Krzysztof Kozlowski43da1412019-11-21 21:28:35 +0800645 CAIA Delay-Gradient (CDG) is a TCP congestion control that modifies
646 the TCP sender in order to:
Kenneth Klette Jonassen2b0a8c92015-06-10 19:08:17 +0200647
648 o Use the delay gradient as a congestion signal.
649 o Back off with an average probability that is independent of the RTT.
650 o Coexist with flows that use loss-based congestion control.
651 o Tolerate packet loss unrelated to congestion.
652
Krzysztof Kozlowski43da1412019-11-21 21:28:35 +0800653 For further details see:
654 D.A. Hayes and G. Armitage. "Revisiting TCP congestion control using
655 delay gradients." In Networking 2011. Preprint: http://goo.gl/No3vdg
Kenneth Klette Jonassen2b0a8c92015-06-10 19:08:17 +0200656
Neal Cardwell0f8782e2016-09-19 23:39:23 -0400657config TCP_CONG_BBR
658 tristate "BBR TCP"
659 default n
Masahiro Yamadaa7f7f622020-06-14 01:50:22 +0900660 help
Neal Cardwell0f8782e2016-09-19 23:39:23 -0400661
Krzysztof Kozlowski43da1412019-11-21 21:28:35 +0800662 BBR (Bottleneck Bandwidth and RTT) TCP congestion control aims to
663 maximize network utilization and minimize queues. It builds an explicit
Colin Ian Kingad664112020-08-17 23:44:25 +0100664 model of the bottleneck delivery rate and path round-trip propagation
665 delay. It tolerates packet loss and delay unrelated to congestion. It
666 can operate over LAN, WAN, cellular, wifi, or cable modem links. It can
667 coexist with flows that use loss-based congestion control, and can
668 operate with shallow buffers, deep buffers, bufferbloat, policers, or
669 AQM schemes that do not provide a delay signal. It requires the fq
670 ("Fair Queue") pacing packet scheduler.
Neal Cardwell0f8782e2016-09-19 23:39:23 -0400671
Stephen Hemminger3d2573f2006-09-24 20:11:58 -0700672choice
673 prompt "Default TCP congestion control"
Stephen Hemminger597811e2006-09-24 20:13:03 -0700674 default DEFAULT_CUBIC
Stephen Hemminger3d2573f2006-09-24 20:11:58 -0700675 help
676 Select the TCP congestion control that will be used by default
677 for all connections.
678
679 config DEFAULT_BIC
680 bool "Bic" if TCP_CONG_BIC=y
681
682 config DEFAULT_CUBIC
683 bool "Cubic" if TCP_CONG_CUBIC=y
684
685 config DEFAULT_HTCP
686 bool "Htcp" if TCP_CONG_HTCP=y
687
Jan Engelhardtdd2acaa2010-03-11 09:57:27 +0000688 config DEFAULT_HYBLA
689 bool "Hybla" if TCP_CONG_HYBLA=y
690
Stephen Hemminger3d2573f2006-09-24 20:11:58 -0700691 config DEFAULT_VEGAS
692 bool "Vegas" if TCP_CONG_VEGAS=y
693
Jan Engelhardt6ce1a6d2010-03-11 09:57:28 +0000694 config DEFAULT_VENO
695 bool "Veno" if TCP_CONG_VENO=y
696
Stephen Hemminger3d2573f2006-09-24 20:11:58 -0700697 config DEFAULT_WESTWOOD
698 bool "Westwood" if TCP_CONG_WESTWOOD=y
699
Daniel Borkmanne3118e82014-09-26 22:37:36 +0200700 config DEFAULT_DCTCP
701 bool "DCTCP" if TCP_CONG_DCTCP=y
702
Kenneth Klette Jonassen2b0a8c92015-06-10 19:08:17 +0200703 config DEFAULT_CDG
704 bool "CDG" if TCP_CONG_CDG=y
705
Neal Cardwell0f8782e2016-09-19 23:39:23 -0400706 config DEFAULT_BBR
707 bool "BBR" if TCP_CONG_BBR=y
708
Stephen Hemminger3d2573f2006-09-24 20:11:58 -0700709 config DEFAULT_RENO
710 bool "Reno"
Stephen Hemminger3d2573f2006-09-24 20:11:58 -0700711endchoice
712
713endif
Stephen Hemminger83803032005-06-23 12:23:25 -0700714
Stephen Hemminger597811e2006-09-24 20:13:03 -0700715config TCP_CONG_CUBIC
David S. Miller6c360762005-06-26 15:20:20 -0700716 tristate
David S. Millera6484042005-06-24 18:07:51 -0700717 depends on !TCP_CONG_ADVANCED
718 default y
719
Stephen Hemminger3d2573f2006-09-24 20:11:58 -0700720config DEFAULT_TCP_CONG
721 string
722 default "bic" if DEFAULT_BIC
723 default "cubic" if DEFAULT_CUBIC
724 default "htcp" if DEFAULT_HTCP
Jan Engelhardtdd2acaa2010-03-11 09:57:27 +0000725 default "hybla" if DEFAULT_HYBLA
Stephen Hemminger3d2573f2006-09-24 20:11:58 -0700726 default "vegas" if DEFAULT_VEGAS
727 default "westwood" if DEFAULT_WESTWOOD
Jan Engelhardt6ce1a6d2010-03-11 09:57:28 +0000728 default "veno" if DEFAULT_VENO
Stephen Hemminger3d2573f2006-09-24 20:11:58 -0700729 default "reno" if DEFAULT_RENO
Daniel Borkmanne3118e82014-09-26 22:37:36 +0200730 default "dctcp" if DEFAULT_DCTCP
Kenneth Klette Jonassen2b0a8c92015-06-10 19:08:17 +0200731 default "cdg" if DEFAULT_CDG
Julian Wollrath4df21df2016-11-25 15:05:26 +0100732 default "bbr" if DEFAULT_BBR
Stephen Hemminger597811e2006-09-24 20:13:03 -0700733 default "cubic"
Stephen Hemminger3d2573f2006-09-24 20:11:58 -0700734
YOSHIFUJI Hideakicfb6eeb2006-11-14 19:07:45 -0800735config TCP_MD5SIG
Kees Cook44fbe922012-10-02 11:19:48 -0700736 bool "TCP: MD5 Signature Option support (RFC2385)"
YOSHIFUJI Hideakicfb6eeb2006-11-14 19:07:45 -0800737 select CRYPTO
738 select CRYPTO_MD5
Masahiro Yamadaa7f7f622020-06-14 01:50:22 +0900739 help
David Sterba3dde6ad2007-05-09 07:12:20 +0200740 RFC2385 specifies a method of giving MD5 protection to TCP sessions.
YOSHIFUJI Hideakicfb6eeb2006-11-14 19:07:45 -0800741 Its main (only?) use is to protect BGP sessions between core routers
742 on the Internet.
743
744 If unsure, say N.