With the first part of my previous Summer of Code work, we get:
-made libalias modular:
-support for 'particular' protocols (like ftp/irc/etcetc) is no more
hardcoded inside libalias, but it's available through external
modules loadable at runtime
-modules are available both in kernel (/boot/kernel/alias_*.ko) and
user land (/lib/libalias_*)
-protocols/applications modularized are: cuseeme, ftp, irc, nbt, pptp,
skinny and smedia
-added logging support for kernel side
-cleanup
After a buildworld, do a 'mergemaster -i' to install the file libalias.conf
in /etc or manually copy it.
During startup (and after every HUP signal) user land applications running
the new libalias will try to read a file in /etc called libalias.conf:
that file contains the list of modules to load.
User land applications affected by this commit are ppp and natd:
if libalias.conf is present in /etc you won't notice any difference.
The only kernel land bit affected by this commit is ng_nat:
if you are using ng_nat, and it doesn't correctly handle
ftp/irc/etcetc sessions anymore, remember to kldload
the correspondent module (i.e. kldload alias_ftp).
General information and details about the inner working are available
in the libalias man page under the section 'MODULAR ARCHITECTURE
(AND ipfw(4) SUPPORT)'.
NOTA BENE: this commit affects _ONLY_ libalias, ipfw in-kernel nat
support will be part of the next libalias-related commit.
Approved by: glebius
Reviewed by: glebius, ru
functions. Basically, the ip_next() function was used to get the PPTP and
Skinny headers when tcp_next() should have been used instead. Symptoms of
this included a segfault in natd when trying to process a PPTP or Skinny
packet.
Approved by: des
{ip,udp,tcp} header and return a void * pointing to the payload (i.e. the
first byte past the end of the header and any required padding). Use them
consistently throughout libalias to a) reduce code duplication, b) improve
code legibility, c) get rid of a bunch of alignment warnings.
named link, foo_link or link_foo to lnk, foo_lnk or lnk_foo, fixing
signed / unsigned comparisons, and shoving unused function arguments
under the carpet.
I was hoping WARNS?=6 might reveal more serious problems, and perhaps
the source of the -O2 breakage, but found no smoking gun.
Makes it possible to have multiple packet aliasing instances in a
single process by moving all static and global variables into an
instance structure called "struct libalias".
Redefine a new API based on s/PacketAlias/LibAlias/g
Add new "instance" argument to all functions in the new API.
Implement old API in terms of the new API.
PPTP links are no longer dropped by simple (and inappropriate in this
case) "inactivity timeout" procedure, only when requested through the
control connection.
It is now possible to have multiple PPTP servers running behind NAT.
Just redirect the incoming TCP traffic to port 1723, everything else
is done transparently.
Problems were reported and the fix was tested by:
Michael Adler <Michael.Adler@compaq.com>,
David Andersen <dga@lcs.mit.edu>
- Multiple PPTP clients behind NAT to the same or different servers.
- Single PPTP server behind NAT -- you just need to redirect TCP
port 1723 to a local machine. Multiple servers behind NAT is
possible but would require a simple API change.
- No API changes!
For more information on how this works see comments at the start of
the alias_pptp.c.
PacketAliasPptp() is no longer necessary and will be removed soon.
Submitted by: Erik Salander <erik@whistle.com>
Reviewed by: ru
Rewritten by: ru
Reviewed by: Erik Salander <erik@whistle.com>
