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
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.
Skinny is the protocol used by Cisco IP phones to talk to Cisco Call
Managers. With this code, one can use a Cisco IP phone behind a FreeBSD
NAT gateway.
Currently, having the Call Manager behind the NAT gateway is not supported.
More information on enabling Skinny support in libalias, natd, and ppp
can be found in those applications' manpages.
PR: 55843
Reviewed by: ru
Approved by: ru
MFC after: 30 days
to PPTP) with more generic PacketAliasRedirectProto().
Major number is not bumped because it is believed that noone
has started using PacketAliasRedirectPptp() yet.
LSNAT links are first created by either PacketAliasRedirectPort() or
PacketAliasRedirectAddress() and then set up by one or more calls to
PacketAliasAddServer().
- Transparent proxying support added.
- PPTP redirecting support added based on patches
contributed by Dru Nelson <dnelson@redwoodsoft.com>.
Submitted by: Charles Mott <cmott@srv.net>
ppp (or will be shortly). Natd can now be updated to use
this library rather than carrying its own version of the code.
Submitted by: Charles Mott <cmott@srv.net>
