(usagi-users 03706) Re: shim6 implementation

Miika Komu <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.ipv6.usagi.users
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Mon, 11 Sep 2006, Kristian Slavov wrote:

> Sebastien Barre wrote:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> I am currently working on a shim6 implementation, within the IPv6
>> stack. Shim6 is the multihoming solution currently developped by IETF
>> (http://www.ietf.org/html.charters/shim6-charter.html). 
>
> Hi,
>
> Since SHIM6 is kind of simplification of HIP (Host Identity Protocol), you 
> might want to interface with HIPL guys (http://infrahip.hiit.fi), especially 
> if you plan linux kernel contribution.

Had a quick look and it seems pretty good job! I am also curious that why 
did you end up implementing shim6 completely in kernelspace?

Can you give simple HOWTO instructions on testing the code? Have you 
tested it also with different IPsec modes?

You should probably change the __barre_ texts to "#if defined 
(CONFIG_SHIM6) || defined(CONFIG_SHIM6_MODULE)" and make the appropiate 
options available through Kconfig and Makefile. And please upgrade the 
code to the latest version of kernel source code. A crazy idea: have you 
considered also if part of the SHIM6 could be somehow integrated better 
into the XFRM architecture?

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Miika Komu                                       http://www.iki.fi/miika/
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