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

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