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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
Jean Sacren4960c2c2013-06-01 16:23:17 +000013 <http://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"
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070017 ---help---
18 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
52 <file:Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt>.
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
Stephen Hemminger66a2f7f2008-01-12 21:23:17 -080059 ---help---
60 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
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070067 ---help---
68 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
76 <http://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
120 ---help---
121 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
J. Bruce Fieldsdc7a0812009-10-27 14:41:35 -0400132 <file:Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfsroot.txt> for details.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700133
134config IP_PNP_BOOTP
135 bool "IP: BOOTP support"
136 depends on IP_PNP
137 ---help---
138 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.
J. Bruce Fieldsdc7a0812009-10-27 14:41:35 -0400147 Read <file:Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfsroot.txt> 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
J. Bruce Fieldsdc7a0812009-10-27 14:41:35 -0400160 <file:Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfsroot.txt> 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
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700166 ---help---
167 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
183 This is helper module to demultiplex GRE packets on GRE version field criteria.
184 Required by ip_gre and pptp modules.
185
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"
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700270 ---help---
271 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
283 about SYN cookies, check out <http://cr.yp.to/syncookies.html>.
284
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"
306 select INET_TUNNEL
Pravin B Shelarf61dd382013-03-25 14:50:00 +0000307 select NET_IP_TUNNEL
Florian Westphal4c145dc2019-03-29 21:16:31 +0100308 select XFRM
Saurabh11814122012-07-17 09:44:54 +0000309 ---help---
310 Tunneling means encapsulating data of one protocol type within
311 another protocol and sending it over a channel that understands the
312 encapsulating protocol. This can be used with xfrm mode tunnel to give
313 the notion of a secure tunnel for IPSEC and then use routing protocol
314 on top.
315
Tom Herbert8024e022014-07-13 19:49:37 -0700316config NET_UDP_TUNNEL
317 tristate
Andy Zhou7c5df8f2014-10-06 15:15:14 -0700318 select NET_IP_TUNNEL
Tom Herbert8024e022014-07-13 19:49:37 -0700319 default n
320
Tom Herbert234615512014-09-17 12:25:56 -0700321config NET_FOU
322 tristate "IP: Foo (IP protocols) over UDP"
323 select XFRM
324 select NET_UDP_TUNNEL
325 ---help---
326 Foo over UDP allows any IP protocol to be directly encapsulated
327 over UDP include tunnels (IPIP, GRE, SIT). By encapsulating in UDP
328 network mechanisms and optimizations for UDP (such as ECMP
329 and RSS) can be leveraged to provide better service.
330
Tom Herbert63487ba2014-11-04 09:06:51 -0800331config NET_FOU_IP_TUNNELS
332 bool "IP: FOU encapsulation of IP tunnels"
333 depends on NET_IPIP || NET_IPGRE || IPV6_SIT
334 select NET_FOU
335 ---help---
336 Allow configuration of FOU or GUE encapsulation for IP tunnels.
337 When this option is enabled IP tunnels can be configured to use
338 FOU or GUE encapsulation.
339
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700340config INET_AH
341 tristate "IP: AH transformation"
Jan Beulich7e152522012-05-15 01:57:44 +0000342 select XFRM_ALGO
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700343 select CRYPTO
344 select CRYPTO_HMAC
345 select CRYPTO_MD5
346 select CRYPTO_SHA1
347 ---help---
348 Support for IPsec AH.
349
350 If unsure, say Y.
351
352config INET_ESP
353 tristate "IP: ESP transformation"
Jan Beulich7e152522012-05-15 01:57:44 +0000354 select XFRM_ALGO
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700355 select CRYPTO
Herbert Xued58dd42008-03-04 14:29:21 -0800356 select CRYPTO_AUTHENC
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700357 select CRYPTO_HMAC
358 select CRYPTO_MD5
Herbert Xu6b7326c2006-07-30 15:41:01 +1000359 select CRYPTO_CBC
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700360 select CRYPTO_SHA1
361 select CRYPTO_DES
Thomas Egerer32b6170c2016-01-25 12:58:44 +0100362 select CRYPTO_ECHAINIV
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700363 ---help---
364 Support for IPsec ESP.
365
366 If unsure, say Y.
367
Steffen Klassert7785bba2017-02-15 09:40:00 +0100368config INET_ESP_OFFLOAD
369 tristate "IP: ESP transformation offload"
370 depends on INET_ESP
371 select XFRM_OFFLOAD
372 default n
373 ---help---
374 Support for ESP transformation offload. This makes sense
375 only if this system really does IPsec and want to do it
376 with high throughput. A typical desktop system does not
377 need it, even if it does IPsec.
378
379 If unsure, say N.
380
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700381config INET_IPCOMP
382 tristate "IP: IPComp transformation"
Herbert Xud2acc342006-03-28 01:12:13 -0800383 select INET_XFRM_TUNNEL
Herbert Xu6fccab62008-07-25 02:54:40 -0700384 select XFRM_IPCOMP
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700385 ---help---
386 Support for IP Payload Compression Protocol (IPComp) (RFC3173),
387 typically needed for IPsec.
Jesper Dangaard Brouera6e8f272009-02-22 00:07:13 -0800388
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700389 If unsure, say Y.
390
Herbert Xud2acc342006-03-28 01:12:13 -0800391config INET_XFRM_TUNNEL
392 tristate
393 select INET_TUNNEL
394 default n
395
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700396config INET_TUNNEL
Herbert Xud2acc342006-03-28 01:12:13 -0800397 tristate
398 default n
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700399
Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo17b085e2005-08-12 12:59:17 -0300400config INET_DIAG
401 tristate "INET: socket monitoring interface"
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700402 default y
403 ---help---
Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo73c1f4a2005-08-12 12:51:49 -0300404 Support for INET (TCP, DCCP, etc) socket monitoring interface used by
405 native Linux tools such as ss. ss is included in iproute2, currently
Michael Wittenc996d8b2010-11-15 19:55:34 +0000406 downloadable at:
Stephen Hemmingere446a272018-07-24 12:29:18 -0700407
Michael Wittenc996d8b2010-11-15 19:55:34 +0000408 http://www.linuxfoundation.org/collaborate/workgroups/networking/iproute2
Jesper Dangaard Brouera6e8f272009-02-22 00:07:13 -0800409
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700410 If unsure, say Y.
411
Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo17b085e2005-08-12 12:59:17 -0300412config INET_TCP_DIAG
413 depends on INET_DIAG
414 def_tristate INET_DIAG
415
Pavel Emelyanov507dd792011-12-09 06:24:36 +0000416config INET_UDP_DIAG
David S. Miller6d62a662012-01-07 12:13:06 -0800417 tristate "UDP: socket monitoring interface"
Anisse Astier6d258862012-02-07 07:39:11 +0000418 depends on INET_DIAG && (IPV6 || IPV6=n)
David S. Miller6d62a662012-01-07 12:13:06 -0800419 default n
420 ---help---
421 Support for UDP socket monitoring interface used by the ss tool.
422 If unsure, say Y.
Pavel Emelyanov507dd792011-12-09 06:24:36 +0000423
Cyrill Gorcunov432490f2016-10-21 13:03:44 +0300424config INET_RAW_DIAG
425 tristate "RAW: socket monitoring interface"
426 depends on INET_DIAG && (IPV6 || IPV6=n)
427 default n
428 ---help---
429 Support for RAW socket monitoring interface used by the ss tool.
430 If unsure, say Y.
431
Lorenzo Colittic1e64e22015-12-16 12:30:05 +0900432config INET_DIAG_DESTROY
433 bool "INET: allow privileged process to administratively close sockets"
434 depends on INET_DIAG
435 default n
436 ---help---
437 Provides a SOCK_DESTROY operation that allows privileged processes
438 (e.g., a connection manager or a network administration tool such as
439 ss) to close sockets opened by other processes. Closing a socket in
440 this way interrupts any blocking read/write/connect operations on
441 the socket and causes future socket calls to behave as if the socket
442 had been disconnected.
443 If unsure, say N.
444
Stephen Hemminger3d2573f2006-09-24 20:11:58 -0700445menuconfig TCP_CONG_ADVANCED
David S. Millera6484042005-06-24 18:07:51 -0700446 bool "TCP: advanced congestion control"
David S. Millera6484042005-06-24 18:07:51 -0700447 ---help---
448 Support for selection of various TCP congestion control
449 modules.
450
451 Nearly all users can safely say no here, and a safe default
Stephen Hemminger597811e2006-09-24 20:13:03 -0700452 selection will be made (CUBIC with new Reno as a fallback).
David S. Millera6484042005-06-24 18:07:51 -0700453
454 If unsure, say N.
455
Stephen Hemminger3d2573f2006-09-24 20:11:58 -0700456if TCP_CONG_ADVANCED
Stephen Hemminger83803032005-06-23 12:23:25 -0700457
458config TCP_CONG_BIC
459 tristate "Binary Increase Congestion (BIC) control"
Stephen Hemminger597811e2006-09-24 20:13:03 -0700460 default m
Stephen Hemminger83803032005-06-23 12:23:25 -0700461 ---help---
462 BIC-TCP is a sender-side only change that ensures a linear RTT
463 fairness under large windows while offering both scalability and
464 bounded TCP-friendliness. The protocol combines two schemes
465 called additive increase and binary search increase. When the
466 congestion window is large, additive increase with a large
467 increment ensures linear RTT fairness as well as good
468 scalability. Under small congestion windows, binary search
469 increase provides TCP friendliness.
470 See http://www.csc.ncsu.edu/faculty/rhee/export/bitcp/
471
Stephen Hemmingerdf3271f2005-12-13 23:13:28 -0800472config TCP_CONG_CUBIC
473 tristate "CUBIC TCP"
Stephen Hemminger597811e2006-09-24 20:13:03 -0700474 default y
Stephen Hemmingerdf3271f2005-12-13 23:13:28 -0800475 ---help---
476 This is version 2.0 of BIC-TCP which uses a cubic growth function
477 among other techniques.
478 See http://www.csc.ncsu.edu/faculty/rhee/export/bitcp/cubic-paper.pdf
479
Stephen Hemminger87270762005-06-23 12:24:09 -0700480config TCP_CONG_WESTWOOD
481 tristate "TCP Westwood+"
Stephen Hemminger87270762005-06-23 12:24:09 -0700482 default m
483 ---help---
484 TCP Westwood+ is a sender-side only modification of the TCP Reno
485 protocol stack that optimizes the performance of TCP congestion
486 control. It is based on end-to-end bandwidth estimation to set
487 congestion window and slow start threshold after a congestion
488 episode. Using this estimation, TCP Westwood+ adaptively sets a
489 slow start threshold and a congestion window which takes into
490 account the bandwidth used at the time congestion is experienced.
491 TCP Westwood+ significantly increases fairness wrt TCP Reno in
492 wired networks and throughput over wireless links.
493
Baruch Evena7868ea2005-06-23 12:28:11 -0700494config TCP_CONG_HTCP
495 tristate "H-TCP"
Baruch Evena7868ea2005-06-23 12:28:11 -0700496 default m
497 ---help---
498 H-TCP is a send-side only modifications of the TCP Reno
499 protocol stack that optimizes the performance of TCP
500 congestion control for high speed network links. It uses a
501 modeswitch to change the alpha and beta parameters of TCP Reno
502 based on network conditions and in a way so as to be fair with
503 other Reno and H-TCP flows.
504
John Heffnera628d292005-06-23 12:24:58 -0700505config TCP_CONG_HSTCP
506 tristate "High Speed TCP"
John Heffnera628d292005-06-23 12:24:58 -0700507 default n
508 ---help---
509 Sally Floyd's High Speed TCP (RFC 3649) congestion control.
510 A modification to TCP's congestion control mechanism for use
511 with large congestion windows. A table indicates how much to
512 increase the congestion window by when an ACK is received.
513 For more detail see http://www.icir.org/floyd/hstcp.html
514
Daniele Lacamera835b3f02005-06-23 12:26:34 -0700515config TCP_CONG_HYBLA
516 tristate "TCP-Hybla congestion control algorithm"
Daniele Lacamera835b3f02005-06-23 12:26:34 -0700517 default n
518 ---help---
519 TCP-Hybla is a sender-side only change that eliminates penalization of
520 long-RTT, large-bandwidth connections, like when satellite legs are
Matt LaPlante44c09202006-10-03 22:34:14 +0200521 involved, especially when sharing a common bottleneck with normal
Daniele Lacamera835b3f02005-06-23 12:26:34 -0700522 terrestrial connections.
523
Stephen Hemmingerb87d8562005-06-23 12:27:19 -0700524config TCP_CONG_VEGAS
525 tristate "TCP Vegas"
Stephen Hemmingerb87d8562005-06-23 12:27:19 -0700526 default n
527 ---help---
528 TCP Vegas is a sender-side only change to TCP that anticipates
529 the onset of congestion by estimating the bandwidth. TCP Vegas
530 adjusts the sending rate by modifying the congestion
531 window. TCP Vegas should provide less packet loss, but it is
532 not as aggressive as TCP Reno.
533
Lawrence Brakmo699fafa2016-06-08 21:16:45 -0700534config TCP_CONG_NV
535 tristate "TCP NV"
536 default n
537 ---help---
538 TCP NV is a follow up to TCP Vegas. It has been modified to deal with
539 10G networks, measurement noise introduced by LRO, GRO and interrupt
540 coalescence. In addition, it will decrease its cwnd multiplicatively
541 instead of linearly.
542
543 Note that in general congestion avoidance (cwnd decreased when # packets
544 queued grows) cannot coexist with congestion control (cwnd decreased only
545 when there is packet loss) due to fairness issues. One scenario when they
546 can coexist safely is when the CA flows have RTTs << CC flows RTTs.
547
548 For further details see http://www.brakmo.org/networking/tcp-nv/
549
John Heffner0e579762005-06-23 12:29:07 -0700550config TCP_CONG_SCALABLE
551 tristate "Scalable TCP"
John Heffner0e579762005-06-23 12:29:07 -0700552 default n
553 ---help---
554 Scalable TCP is a sender-side only change to TCP which uses a
555 MIMD congestion control algorithm which has some nice scaling
556 properties, though is known to have fairness issues.
Baruch Evenf4b94792007-02-21 19:32:37 -0800557 See http://www.deneholme.net/tom/scalable/
Baruch Evena7868ea2005-06-23 12:28:11 -0700558
Wong Hoi Sing Edison7c106d72006-06-05 17:27:58 -0700559config TCP_CONG_LP
560 tristate "TCP Low Priority"
Wong Hoi Sing Edison7c106d72006-06-05 17:27:58 -0700561 default n
562 ---help---
563 TCP Low Priority (TCP-LP), a distributed algorithm whose goal is
Matt LaPlantecab00892006-10-03 22:36:44 +0200564 to utilize only the excess network bandwidth as compared to the
Wong Hoi Sing Edison7c106d72006-06-05 17:27:58 -0700565 ``fair share`` of bandwidth as targeted by TCP.
566 See http://www-ece.rice.edu/networks/TCP-LP/
567
Bin Zhou76f10172006-06-05 17:28:30 -0700568config TCP_CONG_VENO
569 tristate "TCP Veno"
Bin Zhou76f10172006-06-05 17:28:30 -0700570 default n
571 ---help---
572 TCP Veno is a sender-side only enhancement of TCP to obtain better
573 throughput over wireless networks. TCP Veno makes use of state
574 distinguishing to circumvent the difficult judgment of the packet loss
575 type. TCP Veno cuts down less congestion window in response to random
576 loss packets.
Stephen Hemmingere446a272018-07-24 12:29:18 -0700577 See <http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/freeabs_all.jsp?arnumber=1177186>
Bin Zhou76f10172006-06-05 17:28:30 -0700578
Angelo P. Castellani5ef81472007-02-22 00:23:05 -0800579config TCP_CONG_YEAH
580 tristate "YeAH TCP"
David S. Miller2ff011e2007-05-17 00:07:47 -0700581 select TCP_CONG_VEGAS
Angelo P. Castellani5ef81472007-02-22 00:23:05 -0800582 default n
583 ---help---
584 YeAH-TCP is a sender-side high-speed enabled TCP congestion control
585 algorithm, which uses a mixed loss/delay approach to compute the
586 congestion window. It's design goals target high efficiency,
587 internal, RTT and Reno fairness, resilience to link loss while
588 keeping network elements load as low as possible.
589
590 For further details look here:
591 http://wil.cs.caltech.edu/pfldnet2007/paper/YeAH_TCP.pdf
592
Stephen Hemmingerc4622382007-04-20 17:07:51 -0700593config TCP_CONG_ILLINOIS
594 tristate "TCP Illinois"
Stephen Hemmingerc4622382007-04-20 17:07:51 -0700595 default n
596 ---help---
Matt LaPlante01dd2fb2007-10-20 01:34:40 +0200597 TCP-Illinois is a sender-side modification of TCP Reno for
Stephen Hemmingerc4622382007-04-20 17:07:51 -0700598 high speed long delay links. It uses round-trip-time to
599 adjust the alpha and beta parameters to achieve a higher average
600 throughput and maintain fairness.
601
602 For further details see:
603 http://www.ews.uiuc.edu/~shaoliu/tcpillinois/index.html
604
Daniel Borkmanne3118e82014-09-26 22:37:36 +0200605config TCP_CONG_DCTCP
606 tristate "DataCenter TCP (DCTCP)"
607 default n
608 ---help---
609 DCTCP leverages Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN) in the network to
610 provide multi-bit feedback to the end hosts. It is designed to provide:
611
612 - High burst tolerance (incast due to partition/aggregate),
613 - Low latency (short flows, queries),
614 - High throughput (continuous data updates, large file transfers) with
615 commodity, shallow-buffered switches.
616
617 All switches in the data center network running DCTCP must support
618 ECN marking and be configured for marking when reaching defined switch
619 buffer thresholds. The default ECN marking threshold heuristic for
620 DCTCP on switches is 20 packets (30KB) at 1Gbps, and 65 packets
621 (~100KB) at 10Gbps, but might need further careful tweaking.
622
623 For further details see:
624 http://simula.stanford.edu/~alizade/Site/DCTCP_files/dctcp-final.pdf
625
Kenneth Klette Jonassen2b0a8c92015-06-10 19:08:17 +0200626config TCP_CONG_CDG
627 tristate "CAIA Delay-Gradient (CDG)"
628 default n
629 ---help---
630 CAIA Delay-Gradient (CDG) is a TCP congestion control that modifies
631 the TCP sender in order to:
632
633 o Use the delay gradient as a congestion signal.
634 o Back off with an average probability that is independent of the RTT.
635 o Coexist with flows that use loss-based congestion control.
636 o Tolerate packet loss unrelated to congestion.
637
638 For further details see:
639 D.A. Hayes and G. Armitage. "Revisiting TCP congestion control using
640 delay gradients." In Networking 2011. Preprint: http://goo.gl/No3vdg
641
Neal Cardwell0f8782e2016-09-19 23:39:23 -0400642config TCP_CONG_BBR
643 tristate "BBR TCP"
644 default n
645 ---help---
646
647 BBR (Bottleneck Bandwidth and RTT) TCP congestion control aims to
648 maximize network utilization and minimize queues. It builds an explicit
649 model of the the bottleneck delivery rate and path round-trip
650 propagation delay. It tolerates packet loss and delay unrelated to
651 congestion. It can operate over LAN, WAN, cellular, wifi, or cable
652 modem links. It can coexist with flows that use loss-based congestion
653 control, and can operate with shallow buffers, deep buffers,
654 bufferbloat, policers, or AQM schemes that do not provide a delay
655 signal. It requires the fq ("Fair Queue") pacing packet scheduler.
656
Stephen Hemminger3d2573f2006-09-24 20:11:58 -0700657choice
658 prompt "Default TCP congestion control"
Stephen Hemminger597811e2006-09-24 20:13:03 -0700659 default DEFAULT_CUBIC
Stephen Hemminger3d2573f2006-09-24 20:11:58 -0700660 help
661 Select the TCP congestion control that will be used by default
662 for all connections.
663
664 config DEFAULT_BIC
665 bool "Bic" if TCP_CONG_BIC=y
666
667 config DEFAULT_CUBIC
668 bool "Cubic" if TCP_CONG_CUBIC=y
669
670 config DEFAULT_HTCP
671 bool "Htcp" if TCP_CONG_HTCP=y
672
Jan Engelhardtdd2acaa2010-03-11 09:57:27 +0000673 config DEFAULT_HYBLA
674 bool "Hybla" if TCP_CONG_HYBLA=y
675
Stephen Hemminger3d2573f2006-09-24 20:11:58 -0700676 config DEFAULT_VEGAS
677 bool "Vegas" if TCP_CONG_VEGAS=y
678
Jan Engelhardt6ce1a6d2010-03-11 09:57:28 +0000679 config DEFAULT_VENO
680 bool "Veno" if TCP_CONG_VENO=y
681
Stephen Hemminger3d2573f2006-09-24 20:11:58 -0700682 config DEFAULT_WESTWOOD
683 bool "Westwood" if TCP_CONG_WESTWOOD=y
684
Daniel Borkmanne3118e82014-09-26 22:37:36 +0200685 config DEFAULT_DCTCP
686 bool "DCTCP" if TCP_CONG_DCTCP=y
687
Kenneth Klette Jonassen2b0a8c92015-06-10 19:08:17 +0200688 config DEFAULT_CDG
689 bool "CDG" if TCP_CONG_CDG=y
690
Neal Cardwell0f8782e2016-09-19 23:39:23 -0400691 config DEFAULT_BBR
692 bool "BBR" if TCP_CONG_BBR=y
693
Stephen Hemminger3d2573f2006-09-24 20:11:58 -0700694 config DEFAULT_RENO
695 bool "Reno"
Stephen Hemminger3d2573f2006-09-24 20:11:58 -0700696endchoice
697
698endif
Stephen Hemminger83803032005-06-23 12:23:25 -0700699
Stephen Hemminger597811e2006-09-24 20:13:03 -0700700config TCP_CONG_CUBIC
David S. Miller6c360762005-06-26 15:20:20 -0700701 tristate
David S. Millera6484042005-06-24 18:07:51 -0700702 depends on !TCP_CONG_ADVANCED
703 default y
704
Stephen Hemminger3d2573f2006-09-24 20:11:58 -0700705config DEFAULT_TCP_CONG
706 string
707 default "bic" if DEFAULT_BIC
708 default "cubic" if DEFAULT_CUBIC
709 default "htcp" if DEFAULT_HTCP
Jan Engelhardtdd2acaa2010-03-11 09:57:27 +0000710 default "hybla" if DEFAULT_HYBLA
Stephen Hemminger3d2573f2006-09-24 20:11:58 -0700711 default "vegas" if DEFAULT_VEGAS
712 default "westwood" if DEFAULT_WESTWOOD
Jan Engelhardt6ce1a6d2010-03-11 09:57:28 +0000713 default "veno" if DEFAULT_VENO
Stephen Hemminger3d2573f2006-09-24 20:11:58 -0700714 default "reno" if DEFAULT_RENO
Daniel Borkmanne3118e82014-09-26 22:37:36 +0200715 default "dctcp" if DEFAULT_DCTCP
Kenneth Klette Jonassen2b0a8c92015-06-10 19:08:17 +0200716 default "cdg" if DEFAULT_CDG
Julian Wollrath4df21df2016-11-25 15:05:26 +0100717 default "bbr" if DEFAULT_BBR
Stephen Hemminger597811e2006-09-24 20:13:03 -0700718 default "cubic"
Stephen Hemminger3d2573f2006-09-24 20:11:58 -0700719
YOSHIFUJI Hideakicfb6eeb2006-11-14 19:07:45 -0800720config TCP_MD5SIG
Kees Cook44fbe922012-10-02 11:19:48 -0700721 bool "TCP: MD5 Signature Option support (RFC2385)"
YOSHIFUJI Hideakicfb6eeb2006-11-14 19:07:45 -0800722 select CRYPTO
723 select CRYPTO_MD5
724 ---help---
David Sterba3dde6ad2007-05-09 07:12:20 +0200725 RFC2385 specifies a method of giving MD5 protection to TCP sessions.
YOSHIFUJI Hideakicfb6eeb2006-11-14 19:07:45 -0800726 Its main (only?) use is to protect BGP sessions between core routers
727 on the Internet.
728
729 If unsure, say N.