[Xorp-hackers] Implementing reverse path filtering and packet marking

[Craig Shue]

Kristian,

> The code in the FEA section is only for traffic
> actually destined for XORP, that is routing
> protocol traffic and such. The actual forwarding
> of traffic is not handled by XORP, it is done
> inside the kernel.
> Thus it is the kernel that should support the RPF
> check. Linux already does this, please have a look
> at /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/*/rp_filter

This does make a lot more sense. I was suspecting that something like
that was happening.

Thank you for your help!


-- Craig