diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'TODO')
| -rw-r--r-- | TODO | 25 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 10 deletions
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Core - counters (according to SNMP MIB?) - better memory allocators - default preferences of protocols: prefer BGP over OSPF/RIP external routes? -- secondary addresses -> subinterfaces +- secondary addresses -> subinterfaces or ignore - static: check validity of route destination? @@ -17,6 +17,13 @@ Core - adding of route: check whether all bits not covered by masklen are zero +- incoming packets: interface the packet came from? (esp. for multicasts) +- broadcast/multicast echoing suppresion +- we need ifindex at least for PtP links + +- kernel: RTM_F_NOTIFY seems to be unimplemented +- kernel: RTM_DELROUTE not announced for device routes + Cleanup ~~~~~~~ - right usage of DBG vs. debug @@ -31,7 +38,7 @@ Various ideas ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - real multipath (doesn't seem to be simple at all :() - fake multipath (even less simple) -- route recalculation timing and flap dampening +- route recalculation timing and flap dampening [see RFC2439 for algorithms] - aggregate engine: standard route aggregation and summarization - aggregate engine: injection of manually configured pseudo-static routes - generate default route if any working BGP connection exists (aggregate engine again?) @@ -45,19 +52,18 @@ RIP - Route Tag - limit routing table xfer (frequency, only to neighbors) - multicast on/off (per interface) - - remember routes for all neighbors? OSPF ~~~~ - - point-to-point interface with address: advertise as stub network - - static routes: stub networks? - - modes: PtP, PtP-unnumbered, Broadcast, NBMA, point-to-multipoint - importing of device routes for networks where we don't run OSPF - - tie breaking for equal type 2 ext metrics by using internal (type 1) metric - - SPF tree recalc timing (per-area timers?) - - aggregation: specify network list for each area + - check incoming packets using neighbor cache - stub area: either no external routes or only default route + - RFC2328 appendix E: Use a better algorithm - automatic generation of external route tags (RFC1403) + - RFC1587 NSSA areas + - RFC2370 opaque LSA's + - RFC1793 Demand Circuit Support ?? + - respect interface MTU and try not to create larger packets unless unavoidable BGP @@ -71,7 +77,6 @@ BGP - attributes must be sorted! - re-export of NEXT_HOP attribute - BGP session over currently down interface - - route flap dampening? - LOCAL_PREF attribute - error notification received -> log error - set TTL to 1 (configurable?) |