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author | Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org> | 2020-04-28 01:01:46 +0300 |
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committer | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2020-04-29 00:39:47 +0300 |
commit | 9de1fcdf36e7e00693a260865a5f2a58af1c7040 (patch) | |
tree | 2bfa0a0f667ee8b3c496379f14b9bbfccb349697 /Documentation/networking/ip_dynaddr.txt | |
parent | 7cdb25400f7e8624414260d1b0fa70da280b2303 (diff) | |
download | linux-9de1fcdf36e7e00693a260865a5f2a58af1c7040.tar.xz |
docs: networking: convert ip_dynaddr.txt to ReST
- add SPDX header;
- adjust title markup;
- mark code blocks and literals as such;
- adjust identation, whitespaces and blank lines;
- add to networking/index.rst.
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ip_dynaddr.txt b/Documentation/networking/ip_dynaddr.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 45f3c1268e86..000000000000 --- a/Documentation/networking/ip_dynaddr.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,29 +0,0 @@ -IP dynamic address hack-port v0.03 -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -This stuff allows diald ONESHOT connections to get established by -dynamically changing packet source address (and socket's if local procs). -It is implemented for TCP diald-box connections(1) and IP_MASQuerading(2). - -If enabled[*] and forwarding interface has changed: - 1) Socket (and packet) source address is rewritten ON RETRANSMISSIONS - while in SYN_SENT state (diald-box processes). - 2) Out-bounded MASQueraded source address changes ON OUTPUT (when - internal host does retransmission) until a packet from outside is - received by the tunnel. - -This is specially helpful for auto dialup links (diald), where the -``actual'' outgoing address is unknown at the moment the link is -going up. So, the *same* (local AND masqueraded) connections requests that -bring the link up will be able to get established. - -[*] At boot, by default no address rewriting is attempted. - To enable: - # echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_dynaddr - To enable verbose mode: - # echo 2 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_dynaddr - To disable (default) - # echo 0 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_dynaddr - -Enjoy! - --- Juanjo <jjciarla@raiz.uncu.edu.ar> |