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Fix grammar 'the administrator'

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PR:		39093
Submitted by:	Mike Makonnen <makonnen@packbell.net>
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trhodes 2002-07-15 16:23:56 +00:00
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@ -64,44 +64,46 @@ variable in
.Pp
To use
.Nm ,
administrator needs to configure protocol and addresses used for the outer
the administrator needs to configure the protocol and addresses used for the outer
header.
This can be done by using
.Xr gifconfig 8 ,
or
.Dv SIOCSIFPHYADDR
ioctl.
Also, administrator needs to configure protocol and addresses used for the
inner header, by using
The administrator also needs to configure the protocol and addresses for the
inner header, with
.Xr ifconfig 8 .
Note that IPv6 link-local address
(those start with
Note that IPv6 link-local addresses
(those that start with
.Li fe80:: )
will be automatically configured whenever possible.
You may need to remove IPv6 link-local address manually using
will be automatically be configured whenever possible.
You may need to remove IPv6 link-local addresses manually using
.Xr ifconfig 8 ,
when you would like to disable the use of IPv6 as inner header
(like when you need pure IPv4-over-IPv6 tunnel).
Finally, use routing table to route the packets toward
if you want to disable the use of IPv6 as the inner header
(for example, if you need a pure IPv4-over-IPv6 tunnel).
Finally, you must modify the routing table to route the packets through the
.Nm
interface.
.Pp
The
.Nm
can be configured to be ECN friendly.
pseudo-device can be configured to be ECN friendly.
This can be configured by
.Dv IFF_LINK1 .
.Ss ECN friendly behavior
The
.Nm
can be configured to be ECN friendly, as described in
pseudo-device can be configured to be ECN friendly, as described in
.Dv draft-ietf-ipsec-ecn-02.txt .
This is turned off by default, and can be turned on by
This is turned off by default, and can be turned on by the
.Dv IFF_LINK1
interface flag.
.Pp
Without
.Dv IFF_LINK1 ,
.Nm
will show a normal behavior, like described in RFC2893.
will show normal behavior, as described in RFC2893.
This can be summarized as follows:
.Bl -tag -width "Ingress" -offset indent
.It Ingress
@ -139,15 +141,15 @@ enable ECN CE bit on the inner.
Note that the ECN friendly behavior violates RFC2893.
This should be used in mutual agreement with the peer.
.Ss Security
Malicious party may try to circumvent security filters by using
A malicious party may try to circumvent security filters by using
tunnelled packets.
For better protection,
.Nm
performs martian filter and ingress filter against outer source address,
performs both martian and ingress filtering against the outer source address
on egress.
Note that martian/ingress filters are no way complete.
Note that martian/ingress filters are in no way complete.
You may want to secure your node by using packet filters.
Ingress filter can be turned off by
Ingress filtering can be turned off by
.Dv IFF_LINK2
bit.
.\"
@ -192,13 +194,13 @@ to 1.
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
device first appeared in WIDE hydrangea IPv6 kit.
device first appeared in the WIDE hydrangea IPv6 kit.
.\"
.Sh BUGS
There are many tunnelling protocol specifications,
defined differently from each other.
There are many tunnelling protocol specifications, all
defined differently from each other. The
.Nm
may not interoperate with peers which are based on different specifications,
pseudo-device may not interoperate with peers which are based on different specifications,
and are picky about outer header fields.
For example, you cannot usually use
.Nm
@ -206,31 +208,32 @@ to talk with IPsec devices that use IPsec tunnel mode.
.Pp
The current code does not check if the ingress address
(outer source address)
configured to
configured in the
.Nm
makes sense.
Make sure to configure an address which belongs to your node.
interface makes sense.
Make sure to specify an address which belongs to your node.
Otherwise, your node will not be able to receive packets from the peer,
and your node will generate packets with a spoofed source address.
and it will generate packets with a spoofed source address.
.Pp
If the outer protocol is IPv4,
.Nm
does not try to perform path MTU discovery for the encapsulated packet
(DF bit is set to 0).
.Pp
If the outer protocol is IPv6, path MTU discovery for encapsulated packet
If the outer protocol is IPv6, path MTU discovery for encapsulated packets
may affect communication over the interface.
The first bigger-than-pmtu packet may be lost.
To avoid the problem, you may want to set the interface MTU for
.Nm
to 1240 or smaller, when outer header is IPv6 and inner header is IPv4.
to 1240 or smaller, when the outer header is IPv6 and the inner header is IPv4.
.Pp
The
.Nm
does not translate ICMP messages for outer header into inner header.
pseudo-device does not translate ICMP messages for the outer header into the inner header.
.Pp
In the past,
.Nm
had a multi-destination behavior, configurable via
.Dv IFF_LINK0
flag.
The behavior was obsoleted and is no longer supported.
The behavior is obsolete and is no longer supported.