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Differences between /net/ipv4/Kconfig (Version linux-6.12-rc7) and /net/ipv4/Kconfig (Version linux-4.19.323)


  1 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only        << 
  2 #                                                   1 #
  3 # IP configuration                                  2 # IP configuration
  4 #                                                   3 #
  5 config IP_MULTICAST                                 4 config IP_MULTICAST
  6         bool "IP: multicasting"                     5         bool "IP: multicasting"
  7         help                                        6         help
  8           This is code for addressing several       7           This is code for addressing several networked computers at once,
  9           enlarging your kernel by about 2 KB.      8           enlarging your kernel by about 2 KB. You need multicasting if you
 10           intend to participate in the MBONE,       9           intend to participate in the MBONE, a high bandwidth network on top
 11           of the Internet which carries audio      10           of the Internet which carries audio and video broadcasts. More
 12           information about the MBONE is on th     11           information about the MBONE is on the WWW at
 13           <https://www.savetz.com/mbone/>. For !!  12           <http://www.savetz.com/mbone/>. For most people, it's safe to say N.
 14                                                    13 
 15 config IP_ADVANCED_ROUTER                          14 config IP_ADVANCED_ROUTER
 16         bool "IP: advanced router"                 15         bool "IP: advanced router"
 17         help                                   !!  16         ---help---
 18           If you intend to run your Linux box      17           If you intend to run your Linux box mostly as a router, i.e. as a
 19           computer that forwards and redistrib     18           computer that forwards and redistributes network packets, say Y; you
 20           will then be presented with several      19           will then be presented with several options that allow more precise
 21           control about the routing process.       20           control about the routing process.
 22                                                    21 
 23           The answer to this question won't di     22           The answer to this question won't directly affect the kernel:
 24           answering N will just cause the conf     23           answering N will just cause the configurator to skip all the
 25           questions about advanced routing.        24           questions about advanced routing.
 26                                                    25 
 27           Note that your box can only act as a     26           Note that your box can only act as a router if you enable IP
 28           forwarding in your kernel; you can d     27           forwarding in your kernel; you can do that by saying Y to "/proc
 29           file system support" and "Sysctl sup     28           file system support" and "Sysctl support" below and executing the
 30           line                                     29           line
 31                                                    30 
 32           echo "1" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_for     31           echo "1" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward
 33                                                    32 
 34           at boot time after the /proc file sy     33           at boot time after the /proc file system has been mounted.
 35                                                    34 
 36           If you turn on IP forwarding, you sh     35           If you turn on IP forwarding, you should consider the rp_filter, which
 37           automatically rejects incoming packe     36           automatically rejects incoming packets if the routing table entry
 38           for their source address doesn't mat     37           for their source address doesn't match the network interface they're
 39           arriving on. This has security advan     38           arriving on. This has security advantages because it prevents the
 40           so-called IP spoofing, however it ca     39           so-called IP spoofing, however it can pose problems if you use
 41           asymmetric routing (packets from you     40           asymmetric routing (packets from you to a host take a different path
 42           than packets from that host to you)      41           than packets from that host to you) or if you operate a non-routing
 43           host which has several IP addresses      42           host which has several IP addresses on different interfaces. To turn
 44           rp_filter on use:                        43           rp_filter on use:
 45                                                    44 
 46           echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/<de     45           echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/<device>/rp_filter
 47            or                                      46            or
 48           echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/all     47           echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/all/rp_filter
 49                                                    48 
 50           Note that some distributions enable      49           Note that some distributions enable it in startup scripts.
 51           For details about rp_filter strict a     50           For details about rp_filter strict and loose mode read
 52           <file:Documentation/networking/ip-sy !!  51           <file:Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt>.
 53                                                    52 
 54           If unsure, say N here.                   53           If unsure, say N here.
 55                                                    54 
 56 config IP_FIB_TRIE_STATS                           55 config IP_FIB_TRIE_STATS
 57         bool "FIB TRIE statistics"                 56         bool "FIB TRIE statistics"
 58         depends on IP_ADVANCED_ROUTER              57         depends on IP_ADVANCED_ROUTER
 59         help                                   !!  58         ---help---
 60           Keep track of statistics on structur     59           Keep track of statistics on structure of FIB TRIE table.
 61           Useful for testing and measuring TRI     60           Useful for testing and measuring TRIE performance.
 62                                                    61 
 63 config IP_MULTIPLE_TABLES                          62 config IP_MULTIPLE_TABLES
 64         bool "IP: policy routing"                  63         bool "IP: policy routing"
 65         depends on IP_ADVANCED_ROUTER              64         depends on IP_ADVANCED_ROUTER
 66         select FIB_RULES                           65         select FIB_RULES
 67         help                                   !!  66         ---help---
 68           Normally, a router decides what to d     67           Normally, a router decides what to do with a received packet based
 69           solely on the packet's final destina     68           solely on the packet's final destination address. If you say Y here,
 70           the Linux router will also be able t     69           the Linux router will also be able to take the packet's source
 71           address into account. Furthermore, t     70           address into account. Furthermore, the TOS (Type-Of-Service) field
 72           of the packet can be used for routin     71           of the packet can be used for routing decisions as well.
 73                                                    72 
 74           If you need more information, see th     73           If you need more information, see the Linux Advanced
 75           Routing and Traffic Control document     74           Routing and Traffic Control documentation at
 76           <https://lartc.org/howto/lartc.rpdb. !!  75           <http://lartc.org/howto/lartc.rpdb.html>
 77                                                    76 
 78           If unsure, say N.                        77           If unsure, say N.
 79                                                    78 
 80 config IP_ROUTE_MULTIPATH                          79 config IP_ROUTE_MULTIPATH
 81         bool "IP: equal cost multipath"            80         bool "IP: equal cost multipath"
 82         depends on IP_ADVANCED_ROUTER              81         depends on IP_ADVANCED_ROUTER
 83         help                                       82         help
 84           Normally, the routing tables specify     83           Normally, the routing tables specify a single action to be taken in
 85           a deterministic manner for a given p     84           a deterministic manner for a given packet. If you say Y here
 86           however, it becomes possible to atta     85           however, it becomes possible to attach several actions to a packet
 87           pattern, in effect specifying severa     86           pattern, in effect specifying several alternative paths to travel
 88           for those packets. The router consid     87           for those packets. The router considers all these paths to be of
 89           equal "cost" and chooses one of them     88           equal "cost" and chooses one of them in a non-deterministic fashion
 90           if a matching packet arrives.            89           if a matching packet arrives.
 91                                                    90 
 92 config IP_ROUTE_VERBOSE                            91 config IP_ROUTE_VERBOSE
 93         bool "IP: verbose route monitoring"        92         bool "IP: verbose route monitoring"
 94         depends on IP_ADVANCED_ROUTER              93         depends on IP_ADVANCED_ROUTER
 95         help                                       94         help
 96           If you say Y here, which is recommen     95           If you say Y here, which is recommended, then the kernel will print
 97           verbose messages regarding the routi     96           verbose messages regarding the routing, for example warnings about
 98           received packets which look strange      97           received packets which look strange and could be evidence of an
 99           attack or a misconfigured system som     98           attack or a misconfigured system somewhere. The information is
100           handled by the klogd daemon which is     99           handled by the klogd daemon which is responsible for kernel messages
101           ("man klogd").                          100           ("man klogd").
102                                                   101 
103 config IP_ROUTE_CLASSID                           102 config IP_ROUTE_CLASSID
104         bool                                      103         bool
105                                                   104 
106 config IP_PNP                                     105 config IP_PNP
107         bool "IP: kernel level autoconfigurati    106         bool "IP: kernel level autoconfiguration"
108         help                                      107         help
109           This enables automatic configuration    108           This enables automatic configuration of IP addresses of devices and
110           of the routing table during kernel b    109           of the routing table during kernel boot, based on either information
111           supplied on the kernel command line     110           supplied on the kernel command line or by BOOTP or RARP protocols.
112           You need to say Y only for diskless     111           You need to say Y only for diskless machines requiring network
113           access to boot (in which case you wa    112           access to boot (in which case you want to say Y to "Root file system
114           on NFS" as well), because all other     113           on NFS" as well), because all other machines configure the network
115           in their startup scripts.               114           in their startup scripts.
116                                                   115 
117 config IP_PNP_DHCP                                116 config IP_PNP_DHCP
118         bool "IP: DHCP support"                   117         bool "IP: DHCP support"
119         depends on IP_PNP                         118         depends on IP_PNP
120         help                                   !! 119         ---help---
121           If you want your Linux box to mount     120           If you want your Linux box to mount its whole root file system (the
122           one containing the directory /) from    121           one containing the directory /) from some other computer over the
123           net via NFS and you want the IP addr    122           net via NFS and you want the IP address of your computer to be
124           discovered automatically at boot tim    123           discovered automatically at boot time using the DHCP protocol (a
125           special protocol designed for doing     124           special protocol designed for doing this job), say Y here. In case
126           the boot ROM of your network card wa    125           the boot ROM of your network card was designed for booting Linux and
127           does DHCP itself, providing all nece    126           does DHCP itself, providing all necessary information on the kernel
128           command line, you can say N here.       127           command line, you can say N here.
129                                                   128 
130           If unsure, say Y. Note that if you w    129           If unsure, say Y. Note that if you want to use DHCP, a DHCP server
131           must be operating on your network.      130           must be operating on your network.  Read
132           <file:Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/ !! 131           <file:Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfsroot.txt> for details.
133                                                   132 
134 config IP_PNP_BOOTP                               133 config IP_PNP_BOOTP
135         bool "IP: BOOTP support"                  134         bool "IP: BOOTP support"
136         depends on IP_PNP                         135         depends on IP_PNP
137         help                                   !! 136         ---help---
138           If you want your Linux box to mount     137           If you want your Linux box to mount its whole root file system (the
139           one containing the directory /) from    138           one containing the directory /) from some other computer over the
140           net via NFS and you want the IP addr    139           net via NFS and you want the IP address of your computer to be
141           discovered automatically at boot tim    140           discovered automatically at boot time using the BOOTP protocol (a
142           special protocol designed for doing     141           special protocol designed for doing this job), say Y here. In case
143           the boot ROM of your network card wa    142           the boot ROM of your network card was designed for booting Linux and
144           does BOOTP itself, providing all nec    143           does BOOTP itself, providing all necessary information on the kernel
145           command line, you can say N here. If    144           command line, you can say N here. If unsure, say Y. Note that if you
146           want to use BOOTP, a BOOTP server mu    145           want to use BOOTP, a BOOTP server must be operating on your network.
147           Read <file:Documentation/admin-guide !! 146           Read <file:Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfsroot.txt> for details.
148                                                   147 
149 config IP_PNP_RARP                                148 config IP_PNP_RARP
150         bool "IP: RARP support"                   149         bool "IP: RARP support"
151         depends on IP_PNP                         150         depends on IP_PNP
152         help                                      151         help
153           If you want your Linux box to mount     152           If you want your Linux box to mount its whole root file system (the
154           one containing the directory /) from    153           one containing the directory /) from some other computer over the
155           net via NFS and you want the IP addr    154           net via NFS and you want the IP address of your computer to be
156           discovered automatically at boot tim    155           discovered automatically at boot time using the RARP protocol (an
157           older protocol which is being obsole    156           older protocol which is being obsoleted by BOOTP and DHCP), say Y
158           here. Note that if you want to use R    157           here. Note that if you want to use RARP, a RARP server must be
159           operating on your network. Read         158           operating on your network. Read
160           <file:Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/ !! 159           <file:Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfsroot.txt> for details.
161                                                   160 
162 config NET_IPIP                                   161 config NET_IPIP
163         tristate "IP: tunneling"                  162         tristate "IP: tunneling"
164         select INET_TUNNEL                        163         select INET_TUNNEL
165         select NET_IP_TUNNEL                      164         select NET_IP_TUNNEL
166         help                                   !! 165         ---help---
167           Tunneling means encapsulating data o    166           Tunneling means encapsulating data of one protocol type within
168           another protocol and sending it over    167           another protocol and sending it over a channel that understands the
169           encapsulating protocol. This particu    168           encapsulating protocol. This particular tunneling driver implements
170           encapsulation of IP within IP, which    169           encapsulation of IP within IP, which sounds kind of pointless, but
171           can be useful if you want to make yo    170           can be useful if you want to make your (or some other) machine
172           appear on a different network than i    171           appear on a different network than it physically is, or to use
173           mobile-IP facilities (allowing lapto    172           mobile-IP facilities (allowing laptops to seamlessly move between
174           networks without changing their IP a    173           networks without changing their IP addresses).
175                                                   174 
176           Saying Y to this option will produce    175           Saying Y to this option will produce two modules ( = code which can
177           be inserted in and removed from the     176           be inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you
178           want). Most people won't need this a    177           want). Most people won't need this and can say N.
179                                                   178 
180 config NET_IPGRE_DEMUX                            179 config NET_IPGRE_DEMUX
181         tristate "IP: GRE demultiplexer"          180         tristate "IP: GRE demultiplexer"
182         help                                      181         help
183           This is helper module to demultiplex !! 182          This is helper module to demultiplex GRE packets on GRE version field criteria.
184           Required by ip_gre and pptp modules. !! 183          Required by ip_gre and pptp modules.
185                                                   184 
186 config NET_IP_TUNNEL                              185 config NET_IP_TUNNEL
187         tristate                                  186         tristate
188         select DST_CACHE                          187         select DST_CACHE
189         select GRO_CELLS                          188         select GRO_CELLS
190         default n                                 189         default n
191                                                   190 
192 config NET_IPGRE                                  191 config NET_IPGRE
193         tristate "IP: GRE tunnels over IP"        192         tristate "IP: GRE tunnels over IP"
194         depends on (IPV6 || IPV6=n) && NET_IPG    193         depends on (IPV6 || IPV6=n) && NET_IPGRE_DEMUX
195         select NET_IP_TUNNEL                      194         select NET_IP_TUNNEL
196         help                                      195         help
197           Tunneling means encapsulating data o    196           Tunneling means encapsulating data of one protocol type within
198           another protocol and sending it over    197           another protocol and sending it over a channel that understands the
199           encapsulating protocol. This particu    198           encapsulating protocol. This particular tunneling driver implements
200           GRE (Generic Routing Encapsulation)     199           GRE (Generic Routing Encapsulation) and at this time allows
201           encapsulating of IPv4 or IPv6 over e    200           encapsulating of IPv4 or IPv6 over existing IPv4 infrastructure.
202           This driver is useful if the other e    201           This driver is useful if the other endpoint is a Cisco router: Cisco
203           likes GRE much better than the other    202           likes GRE much better than the other Linux tunneling driver ("IP
204           tunneling" above). In addition, GRE     203           tunneling" above). In addition, GRE allows multicast redistribution
205           through the tunnel.                     204           through the tunnel.
206                                                   205 
207 config NET_IPGRE_BROADCAST                        206 config NET_IPGRE_BROADCAST
208         bool "IP: broadcast GRE over IP"          207         bool "IP: broadcast GRE over IP"
209         depends on IP_MULTICAST && NET_IPGRE      208         depends on IP_MULTICAST && NET_IPGRE
210         help                                      209         help
211           One application of GRE/IP is to cons    210           One application of GRE/IP is to construct a broadcast WAN (Wide Area
212           Network), which looks like a normal     211           Network), which looks like a normal Ethernet LAN (Local Area
213           Network), but can be distributed all    212           Network), but can be distributed all over the Internet. If you want
214           to do that, say Y here and to "IP mu    213           to do that, say Y here and to "IP multicast routing" below.
215                                                   214 
216 config IP_MROUTE_COMMON                           215 config IP_MROUTE_COMMON
217         bool                                      216         bool
218         depends on IP_MROUTE || IPV6_MROUTE       217         depends on IP_MROUTE || IPV6_MROUTE
219                                                   218 
220 config IP_MROUTE                                  219 config IP_MROUTE
221         bool "IP: multicast routing"              220         bool "IP: multicast routing"
222         depends on IP_MULTICAST                   221         depends on IP_MULTICAST
223         select IP_MROUTE_COMMON                   222         select IP_MROUTE_COMMON
224         help                                      223         help
225           This is used if you want your machin    224           This is used if you want your machine to act as a router for IP
226           packets that have several destinatio    225           packets that have several destination addresses. It is needed on the
227           MBONE, a high bandwidth network on t    226           MBONE, a high bandwidth network on top of the Internet which carries
228           audio and video broadcasts. In order    227           audio and video broadcasts. In order to do that, you would most
229           likely run the program mrouted. If y    228           likely run the program mrouted. If you haven't heard about it, you
230           don't need it.                          229           don't need it.
231                                                   230 
232 config IP_MROUTE_MULTIPLE_TABLES                  231 config IP_MROUTE_MULTIPLE_TABLES
233         bool "IP: multicast policy routing"       232         bool "IP: multicast policy routing"
234         depends on IP_MROUTE && IP_ADVANCED_RO    233         depends on IP_MROUTE && IP_ADVANCED_ROUTER
235         select FIB_RULES                          234         select FIB_RULES
236         help                                      235         help
237           Normally, a multicast router runs a     236           Normally, a multicast router runs a userspace daemon and decides
238           what to do with a multicast packet b    237           what to do with a multicast packet based on the source and
239           destination addresses. If you say Y     238           destination addresses. If you say Y here, the multicast router
240           will also be able to take interfaces    239           will also be able to take interfaces and packet marks into
241           account and run multiple instances o    240           account and run multiple instances of userspace daemons
242           simultaneously, each one handling a     241           simultaneously, each one handling a single table.
243                                                   242 
244           If unsure, say N.                       243           If unsure, say N.
245                                                   244 
246 config IP_PIMSM_V1                                245 config IP_PIMSM_V1
247         bool "IP: PIM-SM version 1 support"       246         bool "IP: PIM-SM version 1 support"
248         depends on IP_MROUTE                      247         depends on IP_MROUTE
249         help                                      248         help
250           Kernel side support for Sparse Mode     249           Kernel side support for Sparse Mode PIM (Protocol Independent
251           Multicast) version 1. This multicast    250           Multicast) version 1. This multicast routing protocol is used widely
252           because Cisco supports it. You need     251           because Cisco supports it. You need special software to use it
253           (pimd-v1). Please see <http://netweb    252           (pimd-v1). Please see <http://netweb.usc.edu/pim/> for more
254           information about PIM.                  253           information about PIM.
255                                                   254 
256           Say Y if you want to use PIM-SM v1.     255           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.    256           you just want to use Dense Mode PIM.
258                                                   257 
259 config IP_PIMSM_V2                                258 config IP_PIMSM_V2
260         bool "IP: PIM-SM version 2 support"       259         bool "IP: PIM-SM version 2 support"
261         depends on IP_MROUTE                      260         depends on IP_MROUTE
262         help                                      261         help
263           Kernel side support for Sparse Mode     262           Kernel side support for Sparse Mode PIM version 2. In order to use
264           this, you need an experimental routi    263           this, you need an experimental routing daemon supporting it (pimd or
265           gated-5). This routing protocol is n    264           gated-5). This routing protocol is not used widely, so say N unless
266           you want to play with it.               265           you want to play with it.
267                                                   266 
268 config SYN_COOKIES                                267 config SYN_COOKIES
269         bool "IP: TCP syncookie support"          268         bool "IP: TCP syncookie support"
270         help                                   !! 269         ---help---
271           Normal TCP/IP networking is open to     270           Normal TCP/IP networking is open to an attack known as "SYN
272           flooding". This denial-of-service at    271           flooding". This denial-of-service attack prevents legitimate remote
273           users from being able to connect to     272           users from being able to connect to your computer during an ongoing
274           attack and requires very little work    273           attack and requires very little work from the attacker, who can
275           operate from anywhere on the Interne    274           operate from anywhere on the Internet.
276                                                   275 
277           SYN cookies provide protection again    276           SYN cookies provide protection against this type of attack. If you
278           say Y here, the TCP/IP stack will us    277           say Y here, the TCP/IP stack will use a cryptographic challenge
279           protocol known as "SYN cookies" to e    278           protocol known as "SYN cookies" to enable legitimate users to
280           continue to connect, even when your     279           continue to connect, even when your machine is under attack. There
281           is no need for the legitimate users     280           is no need for the legitimate users to change their TCP/IP software;
282           SYN cookies work transparently to th    281           SYN cookies work transparently to them. For technical information
283           about SYN cookies, check out <https: !! 282           about SYN cookies, check out <http://cr.yp.to/syncookies.html>.
284                                                   283 
285           If you are SYN flooded, the source a    284           If you are SYN flooded, the source address reported by the kernel is
286           likely to have been forged by the at    285           likely to have been forged by the attacker; it is only reported as
287           an aid in tracing the packets to the    286           an aid in tracing the packets to their actual source and should not
288           be taken as absolute truth.             287           be taken as absolute truth.
289                                                   288 
290           SYN cookies may prevent correct erro    289           SYN cookies may prevent correct error reporting on clients when the
291           server is really overloaded. If this    290           server is really overloaded. If this happens frequently better turn
292           them off.                               291           them off.
293                                                   292 
294           If you say Y here, you can disable S    293           If you say Y here, you can disable SYN cookies at run time by
295           saying Y to "/proc file system suppo    294           saying Y to "/proc file system support" and
296           "Sysctl support" below and executing    295           "Sysctl support" below and executing the command
297                                                   296 
298           echo 0 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_sync    297           echo 0 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_syncookies
299                                                   298 
300           after the /proc file system has been    299           after the /proc file system has been mounted.
301                                                   300 
302           If unsure, say N.                       301           If unsure, say N.
303                                                   302 
304 config NET_IPVTI                                  303 config NET_IPVTI
305         tristate "Virtual (secure) IP: tunneli    304         tristate "Virtual (secure) IP: tunneling"
306         depends on IPV6 || IPV6=n                 305         depends on IPV6 || IPV6=n
307         select INET_TUNNEL                        306         select INET_TUNNEL
308         select NET_IP_TUNNEL                      307         select NET_IP_TUNNEL
309         select XFRM                            !! 308         depends on INET_XFRM_MODE_TUNNEL
310         help                                   !! 309         ---help---
311           Tunneling means encapsulating data o    310           Tunneling means encapsulating data of one protocol type within
312           another protocol and sending it over    311           another protocol and sending it over a channel that understands the
313           encapsulating protocol. This can be     312           encapsulating protocol. This can be used with xfrm mode tunnel to give
314           the notion of a secure tunnel for IP    313           the notion of a secure tunnel for IPSEC and then use routing protocol
315           on top.                                 314           on top.
316                                                   315 
317 config NET_UDP_TUNNEL                             316 config NET_UDP_TUNNEL
318         tristate                                  317         tristate
319         select NET_IP_TUNNEL                      318         select NET_IP_TUNNEL
320         default n                                 319         default n
321                                                   320 
322 config NET_FOU                                    321 config NET_FOU
323         tristate "IP: Foo (IP protocols) over     322         tristate "IP: Foo (IP protocols) over UDP"
                                                   >> 323         select XFRM
324         select NET_UDP_TUNNEL                     324         select NET_UDP_TUNNEL
325         help                                   !! 325         ---help---
326           Foo over UDP allows any IP protocol     326           Foo over UDP allows any IP protocol to be directly encapsulated
327           over UDP include tunnels (IPIP, GRE,    327           over UDP include tunnels (IPIP, GRE, SIT). By encapsulating in UDP
328           network mechanisms and optimizations    328           network mechanisms and optimizations for UDP (such as ECMP
329           and RSS) can be leveraged to provide    329           and RSS) can be leveraged to provide better service.
330                                                   330 
331 config NET_FOU_IP_TUNNELS                         331 config NET_FOU_IP_TUNNELS
332         bool "IP: FOU encapsulation of IP tunn    332         bool "IP: FOU encapsulation of IP tunnels"
333         depends on NET_IPIP || NET_IPGRE || IP    333         depends on NET_IPIP || NET_IPGRE || IPV6_SIT
334         select NET_FOU                            334         select NET_FOU
335         help                                   !! 335         ---help---
336           Allow configuration of FOU or GUE en    336           Allow configuration of FOU or GUE encapsulation for IP tunnels.
337           When this option is enabled IP tunne    337           When this option is enabled IP tunnels can be configured to use
338           FOU or GUE encapsulation.               338           FOU or GUE encapsulation.
339                                                   339 
340 config INET_AH                                    340 config INET_AH
341         tristate "IP: AH transformation"          341         tristate "IP: AH transformation"
342         select XFRM_AH                         !! 342         select XFRM_ALGO
343         help                                   !! 343         select CRYPTO
344           Support for IPsec AH (Authentication !! 344         select CRYPTO_HMAC
345                                                !! 345         select CRYPTO_MD5
346           AH can be used with various authenti !! 346         select CRYPTO_SHA1
347           enabling AH support itself, this opt !! 347         ---help---
348           implementations of the algorithms th !! 348           Support for IPsec AH.
349           implemented.  If you need any other  << 
350           them in the crypto API.  You should  << 
351           implementations of any needed algori << 
352                                                   349 
353           If unsure, say Y.                       350           If unsure, say Y.
354                                                   351 
355 config INET_ESP                                   352 config INET_ESP
356         tristate "IP: ESP transformation"         353         tristate "IP: ESP transformation"
357         select XFRM_ESP                        !! 354         select XFRM_ALGO
358         help                                   !! 355         select CRYPTO
359           Support for IPsec ESP (Encapsulating !! 356         select CRYPTO_AUTHENC
360                                                !! 357         select CRYPTO_HMAC
361           ESP can be used with various encrypt !! 358         select CRYPTO_MD5
362           Besides enabling ESP support itself, !! 359         select CRYPTO_CBC
363           implementations of the algorithms th !! 360         select CRYPTO_SHA1
364           implemented.  If you need any other  !! 361         select CRYPTO_DES
365           them in the crypto API.  You should  !! 362         select CRYPTO_ECHAINIV
366           implementations of any needed algori !! 363         ---help---
                                                   >> 364           Support for IPsec ESP.
367                                                   365 
368           If unsure, say Y.                       366           If unsure, say Y.
369                                                   367 
370 config INET_ESP_OFFLOAD                           368 config INET_ESP_OFFLOAD
371         tristate "IP: ESP transformation offlo    369         tristate "IP: ESP transformation offload"
372         depends on INET_ESP                       370         depends on INET_ESP
373         select XFRM_OFFLOAD                       371         select XFRM_OFFLOAD
374         default n                                 372         default n
375         help                                   !! 373         ---help---
376           Support for ESP transformation offlo    374           Support for ESP transformation offload. This makes sense
377           only if this system really does IPse    375           only if this system really does IPsec and want to do it
378           with high throughput. A typical desk    376           with high throughput. A typical desktop system does not
379           need it, even if it does IPsec.         377           need it, even if it does IPsec.
380                                                   378 
381           If unsure, say N.                       379           If unsure, say N.
382                                                   380 
383 config INET_ESPINTCP                           << 
384         bool "IP: ESP in TCP encapsulation (RF << 
385         depends on XFRM && INET_ESP            << 
386         select STREAM_PARSER                   << 
387         select NET_SOCK_MSG                    << 
388         select XFRM_ESPINTCP                   << 
389         help                                   << 
390           Support for RFC 8229 encapsulation o << 
391           TCP/IPv4 sockets.                    << 
392                                                << 
393           If unsure, say N.                    << 
394                                                << 
395 config INET_IPCOMP                                381 config INET_IPCOMP
396         tristate "IP: IPComp transformation"      382         tristate "IP: IPComp transformation"
397         select INET_XFRM_TUNNEL                   383         select INET_XFRM_TUNNEL
398         select XFRM_IPCOMP                        384         select XFRM_IPCOMP
399         help                                   !! 385         ---help---
400           Support for IP Payload Compression P    386           Support for IP Payload Compression Protocol (IPComp) (RFC3173),
401           typically needed for IPsec.             387           typically needed for IPsec.
402                                                   388 
403           If unsure, say Y.                       389           If unsure, say Y.
404                                                   390 
405 config INET_TABLE_PERTURB_ORDER                   391 config INET_TABLE_PERTURB_ORDER
406         int "INET: Source port perturbation ta    392         int "INET: Source port perturbation table size (as power of 2)" if EXPERT
407         default 16                                393         default 16
408         help                                      394         help
409           Source port perturbation table size     395           Source port perturbation table size (as power of 2) for
410           RFC 6056 3.3.4.  Algorithm 4: Double    396           RFC 6056 3.3.4.  Algorithm 4: Double-Hash Port Selection Algorithm.
411                                                   397 
412           The default is almost always what yo    398           The default is almost always what you want.
413           Only change this if you know what yo    399           Only change this if you know what you are doing.
414                                                   400 
415 config INET_XFRM_TUNNEL                           401 config INET_XFRM_TUNNEL
416         tristate                                  402         tristate
417         select INET_TUNNEL                        403         select INET_TUNNEL
418         default n                                 404         default n
419                                                   405 
420 config INET_TUNNEL                                406 config INET_TUNNEL
421         tristate                                  407         tristate
422         default n                                 408         default n
423                                                   409 
                                                   >> 410 config INET_XFRM_MODE_TRANSPORT
                                                   >> 411         tristate "IP: IPsec transport mode"
                                                   >> 412         default y
                                                   >> 413         select XFRM
                                                   >> 414         ---help---
                                                   >> 415           Support for IPsec transport mode.
                                                   >> 416 
                                                   >> 417           If unsure, say Y.
                                                   >> 418 
                                                   >> 419 config INET_XFRM_MODE_TUNNEL
                                                   >> 420         tristate "IP: IPsec tunnel mode"
                                                   >> 421         default y
                                                   >> 422         select XFRM
                                                   >> 423         ---help---
                                                   >> 424           Support for IPsec tunnel mode.
                                                   >> 425 
                                                   >> 426           If unsure, say Y.
                                                   >> 427 
                                                   >> 428 config INET_XFRM_MODE_BEET
                                                   >> 429         tristate "IP: IPsec BEET mode"
                                                   >> 430         default y
                                                   >> 431         select XFRM
                                                   >> 432         ---help---
                                                   >> 433           Support for IPsec BEET mode.
                                                   >> 434 
                                                   >> 435           If unsure, say Y.
                                                   >> 436 
424 config INET_DIAG                                  437 config INET_DIAG
425         tristate "INET: socket monitoring inte    438         tristate "INET: socket monitoring interface"
426         default y                                 439         default y
427         help                                   !! 440         ---help---
428           Support for INET (TCP, DCCP, etc) so    441           Support for INET (TCP, DCCP, etc) socket monitoring interface used by
429           native Linux tools such as ss. ss is    442           native Linux tools such as ss. ss is included in iproute2, currently
430           downloadable at:                        443           downloadable at:
431                                                   444 
432             http://www.linuxfoundation.org/col    445             http://www.linuxfoundation.org/collaborate/workgroups/networking/iproute2
433                                                   446 
434           If unsure, say Y.                       447           If unsure, say Y.
435                                                   448 
436 config INET_TCP_DIAG                              449 config INET_TCP_DIAG
437         depends on INET_DIAG                      450         depends on INET_DIAG
438         def_tristate INET_DIAG                    451         def_tristate INET_DIAG
439                                                   452 
440 config INET_UDP_DIAG                              453 config INET_UDP_DIAG
441         tristate "UDP: socket monitoring inter    454         tristate "UDP: socket monitoring interface"
442         depends on INET_DIAG && (IPV6 || IPV6=    455         depends on INET_DIAG && (IPV6 || IPV6=n)
443         default n                                 456         default n
444         help                                   !! 457         ---help---
445           Support for UDP socket monitoring in    458           Support for UDP socket monitoring interface used by the ss tool.
446           If unsure, say Y.                       459           If unsure, say Y.
447                                                   460 
448 config INET_RAW_DIAG                              461 config INET_RAW_DIAG
449         tristate "RAW: socket monitoring inter    462         tristate "RAW: socket monitoring interface"
450         depends on INET_DIAG && (IPV6 || IPV6=    463         depends on INET_DIAG && (IPV6 || IPV6=n)
451         default n                                 464         default n
452         help                                   !! 465         ---help---
453           Support for RAW socket monitoring in    466           Support for RAW socket monitoring interface used by the ss tool.
454           If unsure, say Y.                       467           If unsure, say Y.
455                                                   468 
456 config INET_DIAG_DESTROY                          469 config INET_DIAG_DESTROY
457         bool "INET: allow privileged process t    470         bool "INET: allow privileged process to administratively close sockets"
458         depends on INET_DIAG                      471         depends on INET_DIAG
459         default n                                 472         default n
460         help                                   !! 473         ---help---
461           Provides a SOCK_DESTROY operation th    474           Provides a SOCK_DESTROY operation that allows privileged processes
462           (e.g., a connection manager or a net    475           (e.g., a connection manager or a network administration tool such as
463           ss) to close sockets opened by other    476           ss) to close sockets opened by other processes. Closing a socket in
464           this way interrupts any blocking rea    477           this way interrupts any blocking read/write/connect operations on
465           the socket and causes future socket     478           the socket and causes future socket calls to behave as if the socket
466           had been disconnected.                  479           had been disconnected.
467           If unsure, say N.                       480           If unsure, say N.
468                                                   481 
469 menuconfig TCP_CONG_ADVANCED                      482 menuconfig TCP_CONG_ADVANCED
470         bool "TCP: advanced congestion control    483         bool "TCP: advanced congestion control"
471         help                                   !! 484         ---help---
472           Support for selection of various TCP    485           Support for selection of various TCP congestion control
473           modules.                                486           modules.
474                                                   487 
475           Nearly all users can safely say no h    488           Nearly all users can safely say no here, and a safe default
476           selection will be made (CUBIC with n    489           selection will be made (CUBIC with new Reno as a fallback).
477                                                   490 
478           If unsure, say N.                       491           If unsure, say N.
479                                                   492 
480 if TCP_CONG_ADVANCED                              493 if TCP_CONG_ADVANCED
481                                                   494 
482 config TCP_CONG_BIC                               495 config TCP_CONG_BIC
483         tristate "Binary Increase Congestion (    496         tristate "Binary Increase Congestion (BIC) control"
484         default m                                 497         default m
485         help                                   !! 498         ---help---
486           BIC-TCP is a sender-side only change !! 499         BIC-TCP is a sender-side only change that ensures a linear RTT
487           fairness under large windows while o !! 500         fairness under large windows while offering both scalability and
488           bounded TCP-friendliness. The protoc !! 501         bounded TCP-friendliness. The protocol combines two schemes
489           called additive increase and binary  !! 502         called additive increase and binary search increase. When the
490           congestion window is large, additive !! 503         congestion window is large, additive increase with a large
491           increment ensures linear RTT fairnes !! 504         increment ensures linear RTT fairness as well as good
492           scalability. Under small congestion  !! 505         scalability. Under small congestion windows, binary search
493           increase provides TCP friendliness.  !! 506         increase provides TCP friendliness.
494           See http://www.csc.ncsu.edu/faculty/ !! 507         See http://www.csc.ncsu.edu/faculty/rhee/export/bitcp/
495                                                   508 
496 config TCP_CONG_CUBIC                             509 config TCP_CONG_CUBIC
497         tristate "CUBIC TCP"                      510         tristate "CUBIC TCP"
498         default y                                 511         default y
499         help                                   !! 512         ---help---
500           This is version 2.0 of BIC-TCP which !! 513         This is version 2.0 of BIC-TCP which uses a cubic growth function
501           among other techniques.              !! 514         among other techniques.
502           See http://www.csc.ncsu.edu/faculty/ !! 515         See http://www.csc.ncsu.edu/faculty/rhee/export/bitcp/cubic-paper.pdf
503                                                   516 
504 config TCP_CONG_WESTWOOD                          517 config TCP_CONG_WESTWOOD
505         tristate "TCP Westwood+"                  518         tristate "TCP Westwood+"
506         default m                                 519         default m
507         help                                   !! 520         ---help---
508           TCP Westwood+ is a sender-side only  !! 521         TCP Westwood+ is a sender-side only modification of the TCP Reno
509           protocol stack that optimizes the pe !! 522         protocol stack that optimizes the performance of TCP congestion
510           control. It is based on end-to-end b !! 523         control. It is based on end-to-end bandwidth estimation to set
511           congestion window and slow start thr !! 524         congestion window and slow start threshold after a congestion
512           episode. Using this estimation, TCP  !! 525         episode. Using this estimation, TCP Westwood+ adaptively sets a
513           slow start threshold and a congestio !! 526         slow start threshold and a congestion window which takes into
514           account the bandwidth used  at the t !! 527         account the bandwidth used  at the time congestion is experienced.
515           TCP Westwood+ significantly increase !! 528         TCP Westwood+ significantly increases fairness wrt TCP Reno in
516           wired networks and throughput over w !! 529         wired networks and throughput over wireless links.
517                                                   530 
518 config TCP_CONG_HTCP                              531 config TCP_CONG_HTCP
519         tristate "H-TCP"                       !! 532         tristate "H-TCP"
520         default m                              !! 533         default m
521         help                                   !! 534         ---help---
522           H-TCP is a send-side only modificati !! 535         H-TCP is a send-side only modifications of the TCP Reno
523           protocol stack that optimizes the pe !! 536         protocol stack that optimizes the performance of TCP
524           congestion control for high speed ne !! 537         congestion control for high speed network links. It uses a
525           modeswitch to change the alpha and b !! 538         modeswitch to change the alpha and beta parameters of TCP Reno
526           based on network conditions and in a !! 539         based on network conditions and in a way so as to be fair with
527           other Reno and H-TCP flows.          !! 540         other Reno and H-TCP flows.
528                                                   541 
529 config TCP_CONG_HSTCP                             542 config TCP_CONG_HSTCP
530         tristate "High Speed TCP"                 543         tristate "High Speed TCP"
531         default n                                 544         default n
532         help                                   !! 545         ---help---
533           Sally Floyd's High Speed TCP (RFC 36 !! 546         Sally Floyd's High Speed TCP (RFC 3649) congestion control.
534           A modification to TCP's congestion c !! 547         A modification to TCP's congestion control mechanism for use
535           with large congestion windows. A tab !! 548         with large congestion windows. A table indicates how much to
536           increase the congestion window by wh !! 549         increase the congestion window by when an ACK is received.
537           For more detail see https://www.icir !! 550         For more detail see http://www.icir.org/floyd/hstcp.html
538                                                   551 
539 config TCP_CONG_HYBLA                             552 config TCP_CONG_HYBLA
540         tristate "TCP-Hybla congestion control    553         tristate "TCP-Hybla congestion control algorithm"
541         default n                                 554         default n
542         help                                   !! 555         ---help---
543           TCP-Hybla is a sender-side only chan !! 556         TCP-Hybla is a sender-side only change that eliminates penalization of
544           long-RTT, large-bandwidth connection !! 557         long-RTT, large-bandwidth connections, like when satellite legs are
545           involved, especially when sharing a  !! 558         involved, especially when sharing a common bottleneck with normal
546           terrestrial connections.             !! 559         terrestrial connections.
547                                                   560 
548 config TCP_CONG_VEGAS                             561 config TCP_CONG_VEGAS
549         tristate "TCP Vegas"                      562         tristate "TCP Vegas"
550         default n                                 563         default n
551         help                                   !! 564         ---help---
552           TCP Vegas is a sender-side only chan !! 565         TCP Vegas is a sender-side only change to TCP that anticipates
553           the onset of congestion by estimatin !! 566         the onset of congestion by estimating the bandwidth. TCP Vegas
554           adjusts the sending rate by modifyin !! 567         adjusts the sending rate by modifying the congestion
555           window. TCP Vegas should provide les !! 568         window. TCP Vegas should provide less packet loss, but it is
556           not as aggressive as TCP Reno.       !! 569         not as aggressive as TCP Reno.
557                                                   570 
558 config TCP_CONG_NV                                571 config TCP_CONG_NV
559         tristate "TCP NV"                      !! 572        tristate "TCP NV"
560         default n                              !! 573        default n
561         help                                   !! 574        ---help---
562           TCP NV is a follow up to TCP Vegas.  !! 575        TCP NV is a follow up to TCP Vegas. It has been modified to deal with
563           10G networks, measurement noise intr !! 576        10G networks, measurement noise introduced by LRO, GRO and interrupt
564           coalescence. In addition, it will de !! 577        coalescence. In addition, it will decrease its cwnd multiplicatively
565           instead of linearly.                 !! 578        instead of linearly.
                                                   >> 579 
                                                   >> 580        Note that in general congestion avoidance (cwnd decreased when # packets
                                                   >> 581        queued grows) cannot coexist with congestion control (cwnd decreased only
                                                   >> 582        when there is packet loss) due to fairness issues. One scenario when they
                                                   >> 583        can coexist safely is when the CA flows have RTTs << CC flows RTTs.
566                                                   584 
567           Note that in general congestion avoi !! 585        For further details see http://www.brakmo.org/networking/tcp-nv/
568           queued grows) cannot coexist with co << 
569           when there is packet loss) due to fa << 
570           can coexist safely is when the CA fl << 
571                                                << 
572           For further details see http://www.b << 
573                                                   586 
574 config TCP_CONG_SCALABLE                          587 config TCP_CONG_SCALABLE
575         tristate "Scalable TCP"                   588         tristate "Scalable TCP"
576         default n                                 589         default n
577         help                                   !! 590         ---help---
578           Scalable TCP is a sender-side only c !! 591         Scalable TCP is a sender-side only change to TCP which uses a
579           MIMD congestion control algorithm wh !! 592         MIMD congestion control algorithm which has some nice scaling
580           properties, though is known to have  !! 593         properties, though is known to have fairness issues.
581           See http://www.deneholme.net/tom/sca !! 594         See http://www.deneholme.net/tom/scalable/
582                                                   595 
583 config TCP_CONG_LP                                596 config TCP_CONG_LP
584         tristate "TCP Low Priority"               597         tristate "TCP Low Priority"
585         default n                                 598         default n
586         help                                   !! 599         ---help---
587           TCP Low Priority (TCP-LP), a distrib !! 600         TCP Low Priority (TCP-LP), a distributed algorithm whose goal is
588           to utilize only the excess network b !! 601         to utilize only the excess network bandwidth as compared to the
589           ``fair share`` of bandwidth as targe !! 602         ``fair share`` of bandwidth as targeted by TCP.
590           See http://www-ece.rice.edu/networks !! 603         See http://www-ece.rice.edu/networks/TCP-LP/
591                                                   604 
592 config TCP_CONG_VENO                              605 config TCP_CONG_VENO
593         tristate "TCP Veno"                       606         tristate "TCP Veno"
594         default n                                 607         default n
595         help                                   !! 608         ---help---
596           TCP Veno is a sender-side only enhan !! 609         TCP Veno is a sender-side only enhancement of TCP to obtain better
597           throughput over wireless networks. T !! 610         throughput over wireless networks. TCP Veno makes use of state
598           distinguishing to circumvent the dif !! 611         distinguishing to circumvent the difficult judgment of the packet loss
599           type. TCP Veno cuts down less conges !! 612         type. TCP Veno cuts down less congestion window in response to random
600           loss packets.                        !! 613         loss packets.
601           See <http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/ !! 614         See <http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/freeabs_all.jsp?arnumber=1177186>
602                                                   615 
603 config TCP_CONG_YEAH                              616 config TCP_CONG_YEAH
604         tristate "YeAH TCP"                       617         tristate "YeAH TCP"
605         select TCP_CONG_VEGAS                     618         select TCP_CONG_VEGAS
606         default n                                 619         default n
607         help                                   !! 620         ---help---
608           YeAH-TCP is a sender-side high-speed !! 621         YeAH-TCP is a sender-side high-speed enabled TCP congestion control
609           algorithm, which uses a mixed loss/d !! 622         algorithm, which uses a mixed loss/delay approach to compute the
610           congestion window. It's design goals !! 623         congestion window. It's design goals target high efficiency,
611           internal, RTT and Reno fairness, res !! 624         internal, RTT and Reno fairness, resilience to link loss while
612           keeping network elements load as low !! 625         keeping network elements load as low as possible.
613                                                   626 
614           For further details look here:       !! 627         For further details look here:
615             http://wil.cs.caltech.edu/pfldnet2 !! 628           http://wil.cs.caltech.edu/pfldnet2007/paper/YeAH_TCP.pdf
616                                                   629 
617 config TCP_CONG_ILLINOIS                          630 config TCP_CONG_ILLINOIS
618         tristate "TCP Illinois"                   631         tristate "TCP Illinois"
619         default n                                 632         default n
620         help                                   !! 633         ---help---
621           TCP-Illinois is a sender-side modifi !! 634         TCP-Illinois is a sender-side modification of TCP Reno for
622           high speed long delay links. It uses !! 635         high speed long delay links. It uses round-trip-time to
623           adjust the alpha and beta parameters !! 636         adjust the alpha and beta parameters to achieve a higher average
624           throughput and maintain fairness.    !! 637         throughput and maintain fairness.
625                                                   638 
626           For further details see:             !! 639         For further details see:
627             http://www.ews.uiuc.edu/~shaoliu/t !! 640           http://www.ews.uiuc.edu/~shaoliu/tcpillinois/index.html
628                                                   641 
629 config TCP_CONG_DCTCP                             642 config TCP_CONG_DCTCP
630         tristate "DataCenter TCP (DCTCP)"         643         tristate "DataCenter TCP (DCTCP)"
631         default n                                 644         default n
632         help                                   !! 645         ---help---
633           DCTCP leverages Explicit Congestion  !! 646         DCTCP leverages Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN) in the network to
634           provide multi-bit feedback to the en !! 647         provide multi-bit feedback to the end hosts. It is designed to provide:
                                                   >> 648 
                                                   >> 649         - High burst tolerance (incast due to partition/aggregate),
                                                   >> 650         - Low latency (short flows, queries),
                                                   >> 651         - High throughput (continuous data updates, large file transfers) with
                                                   >> 652           commodity, shallow-buffered switches.
                                                   >> 653 
                                                   >> 654         All switches in the data center network running DCTCP must support
                                                   >> 655         ECN marking and be configured for marking when reaching defined switch
                                                   >> 656         buffer thresholds. The default ECN marking threshold heuristic for
                                                   >> 657         DCTCP on switches is 20 packets (30KB) at 1Gbps, and 65 packets
                                                   >> 658         (~100KB) at 10Gbps, but might need further careful tweaking.
635                                                   659 
636           - High burst tolerance (incast due t !! 660         For further details see:
637           - Low latency (short flows, queries) !! 661           http://simula.stanford.edu/~alizade/Site/DCTCP_files/dctcp-final.pdf
638           - High throughput (continuous data u << 
639             commodity, shallow-buffered switch << 
640                                                << 
641           All switches in the data center netw << 
642           ECN marking and be configured for ma << 
643           buffer thresholds. The default ECN m << 
644           DCTCP on switches is 20 packets (30K << 
645           (~100KB) at 10Gbps, but might need f << 
646                                                << 
647           For further details see:             << 
648             http://simula.stanford.edu/~alizad << 
649                                                   662 
650 config TCP_CONG_CDG                               663 config TCP_CONG_CDG
651         tristate "CAIA Delay-Gradient (CDG)"      664         tristate "CAIA Delay-Gradient (CDG)"
652         default n                                 665         default n
653         help                                   !! 666         ---help---
654           CAIA Delay-Gradient (CDG) is a TCP c !! 667         CAIA Delay-Gradient (CDG) is a TCP congestion control that modifies
655           the TCP sender in order to:          !! 668         the TCP sender in order to:
656                                                   669 
657           o Use the delay gradient as a conges    670           o Use the delay gradient as a congestion signal.
658           o Back off with an average probabili    671           o Back off with an average probability that is independent of the RTT.
659           o Coexist with flows that use loss-b    672           o Coexist with flows that use loss-based congestion control.
660           o Tolerate packet loss unrelated to     673           o Tolerate packet loss unrelated to congestion.
661                                                   674 
662           For further details see:             !! 675         For further details see:
663             D.A. Hayes and G. Armitage. "Revis !! 676           D.A. Hayes and G. Armitage. "Revisiting TCP congestion control using
664             delay gradients." In Networking 20 !! 677           delay gradients." In Networking 2011. Preprint: http://goo.gl/No3vdg
665             http://caia.swin.edu.au/cv/dahayes << 
666                                                   678 
667 config TCP_CONG_BBR                               679 config TCP_CONG_BBR
668         tristate "BBR TCP"                        680         tristate "BBR TCP"
669         default n                                 681         default n
670         help                                   !! 682         ---help---
671                                                   683 
672           BBR (Bottleneck Bandwidth and RTT) T !! 684         BBR (Bottleneck Bandwidth and RTT) TCP congestion control aims to
673           maximize network utilization and min !! 685         maximize network utilization and minimize queues. It builds an explicit
674           model of the bottleneck delivery rat !! 686         model of the the bottleneck delivery rate and path round-trip
675           delay. It tolerates packet loss and  !! 687         propagation delay. It tolerates packet loss and delay unrelated to
676           can operate over LAN, WAN, cellular, !! 688         congestion. It can operate over LAN, WAN, cellular, wifi, or cable
677           coexist with flows that use loss-bas !! 689         modem links. It can coexist with flows that use loss-based congestion
678           operate with shallow buffers, deep b !! 690         control, and can operate with shallow buffers, deep buffers,
679           AQM schemes that do not provide a de !! 691         bufferbloat, policers, or AQM schemes that do not provide a delay
680           ("Fair Queue") pacing packet schedul !! 692         signal. It requires the fq ("Fair Queue") pacing packet scheduler.
681                                                   693 
682 choice                                            694 choice
683         prompt "Default TCP congestion control    695         prompt "Default TCP congestion control"
684         default DEFAULT_CUBIC                     696         default DEFAULT_CUBIC
685         help                                      697         help
686           Select the TCP congestion control th    698           Select the TCP congestion control that will be used by default
687           for all connections.                    699           for all connections.
688                                                   700 
689         config DEFAULT_BIC                        701         config DEFAULT_BIC
690                 bool "Bic" if TCP_CONG_BIC=y      702                 bool "Bic" if TCP_CONG_BIC=y
691                                                   703 
692         config DEFAULT_CUBIC                      704         config DEFAULT_CUBIC
693                 bool "Cubic" if TCP_CONG_CUBIC    705                 bool "Cubic" if TCP_CONG_CUBIC=y
694                                                   706 
695         config DEFAULT_HTCP                       707         config DEFAULT_HTCP
696                 bool "Htcp" if TCP_CONG_HTCP=y    708                 bool "Htcp" if TCP_CONG_HTCP=y
697                                                   709 
698         config DEFAULT_HYBLA                      710         config DEFAULT_HYBLA
699                 bool "Hybla" if TCP_CONG_HYBLA    711                 bool "Hybla" if TCP_CONG_HYBLA=y
700                                                   712 
701         config DEFAULT_VEGAS                      713         config DEFAULT_VEGAS
702                 bool "Vegas" if TCP_CONG_VEGAS    714                 bool "Vegas" if TCP_CONG_VEGAS=y
703                                                   715 
704         config DEFAULT_VENO                       716         config DEFAULT_VENO
705                 bool "Veno" if TCP_CONG_VENO=y    717                 bool "Veno" if TCP_CONG_VENO=y
706                                                   718 
707         config DEFAULT_WESTWOOD                   719         config DEFAULT_WESTWOOD
708                 bool "Westwood" if TCP_CONG_WE    720                 bool "Westwood" if TCP_CONG_WESTWOOD=y
709                                                   721 
710         config DEFAULT_DCTCP                      722         config DEFAULT_DCTCP
711                 bool "DCTCP" if TCP_CONG_DCTCP    723                 bool "DCTCP" if TCP_CONG_DCTCP=y
712                                                   724 
713         config DEFAULT_CDG                        725         config DEFAULT_CDG
714                 bool "CDG" if TCP_CONG_CDG=y      726                 bool "CDG" if TCP_CONG_CDG=y
715                                                   727 
716         config DEFAULT_BBR                        728         config DEFAULT_BBR
717                 bool "BBR" if TCP_CONG_BBR=y      729                 bool "BBR" if TCP_CONG_BBR=y
718                                                   730 
719         config DEFAULT_RENO                       731         config DEFAULT_RENO
720                 bool "Reno"                       732                 bool "Reno"
721 endchoice                                         733 endchoice
722                                                   734 
723 endif                                             735 endif
724                                                   736 
725 config TCP_CONG_CUBIC                             737 config TCP_CONG_CUBIC
726         tristate                                  738         tristate
727         depends on !TCP_CONG_ADVANCED             739         depends on !TCP_CONG_ADVANCED
728         default y                                 740         default y
729                                                   741 
730 config DEFAULT_TCP_CONG                           742 config DEFAULT_TCP_CONG
731         string                                    743         string
732         default "bic" if DEFAULT_BIC              744         default "bic" if DEFAULT_BIC
733         default "cubic" if DEFAULT_CUBIC          745         default "cubic" if DEFAULT_CUBIC
734         default "htcp" if DEFAULT_HTCP            746         default "htcp" if DEFAULT_HTCP
735         default "hybla" if DEFAULT_HYBLA          747         default "hybla" if DEFAULT_HYBLA
736         default "vegas" if DEFAULT_VEGAS          748         default "vegas" if DEFAULT_VEGAS
737         default "westwood" if DEFAULT_WESTWOOD    749         default "westwood" if DEFAULT_WESTWOOD
738         default "veno" if DEFAULT_VENO            750         default "veno" if DEFAULT_VENO
739         default "reno" if DEFAULT_RENO            751         default "reno" if DEFAULT_RENO
740         default "dctcp" if DEFAULT_DCTCP          752         default "dctcp" if DEFAULT_DCTCP
741         default "cdg" if DEFAULT_CDG              753         default "cdg" if DEFAULT_CDG
742         default "bbr" if DEFAULT_BBR              754         default "bbr" if DEFAULT_BBR
743         default "cubic"                           755         default "cubic"
744                                                   756 
745 config TCP_SIGPOOL                             << 
746         tristate                               << 
747                                                << 
748 config TCP_AO                                  << 
749         bool "TCP: Authentication Option (RFC5 << 
750         select CRYPTO                          << 
751         select TCP_SIGPOOL                     << 
752         depends on 64BIT && IPV6 != m # seq-nu << 
753         help                                   << 
754           TCP-AO specifies the use of stronger << 
755           protects against replays for long-li << 
756           provides more details on the associa << 
757           connections than TCP MD5 (See RFC592 << 
758                                                << 
759           If unsure, say N.                    << 
760                                                << 
761 config TCP_MD5SIG                                 757 config TCP_MD5SIG
762         bool "TCP: MD5 Signature Option suppor    758         bool "TCP: MD5 Signature Option support (RFC2385)"
763         select CRYPTO                             759         select CRYPTO
764         select CRYPTO_MD5                         760         select CRYPTO_MD5
765         select TCP_SIGPOOL                     !! 761         ---help---
766         help                                   << 
767           RFC2385 specifies a method of giving    762           RFC2385 specifies a method of giving MD5 protection to TCP sessions.
768           Its main (only?) use is to protect B    763           Its main (only?) use is to protect BGP sessions between core routers
769           on the Internet.                        764           on the Internet.
770                                                   765 
771           If unsure, say N.                       766           If unsure, say N.
                                                      

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