127 lines
3.6 KiB
Groff
127 lines
3.6 KiB
Groff
.\" $NetBSD: nsip.4,v 1.11 2003/08/07 10:31:03 agc Exp $
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.\" Copyright (c) 1985, 1991, 1993
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.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
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.\" @(#)nsip.4 8.2 (Berkeley) 11/30/93
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.\"
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.Dd November 30, 1993
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.Dt NSIP 4
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm nsip
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.Nd software network interface encapsulating NS packets in IP packets
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Cd options NSIP
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.In netns/ns_if.h
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Nm nsip
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interface is a software mechanism which may be
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used to transmit Xerox
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.Tn NS Ns (tm)
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packets through otherwise uncooperative
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networks.
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It functions by prepending an
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.Tn IP
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header, and resubmitting the packet
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through the
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.Ux
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.Tn IP
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machinery.
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.Pp
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The super-user can advise the operating system of a willing partner
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by naming an
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.Tn IP
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address to be associated with an
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.Tn NS
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address.
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Presently, only specific hosts pairs are allowed, and for each host
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pair, an artificial point-to-point interface is constructed.
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At some future date,
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.Tn IP
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broadcast addresses or hosts may be paired
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with
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.Tn NS
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networks or hosts.
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.Pp
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Specifically, a socket option of
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.Dv SO_NSIP_ROUTE
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is set on a socket
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of family
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.Dv AF_NS ,
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type
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.Dv SOCK_DGRAM ,
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passing the following structure:
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.Bd -literal
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struct nsip_req {
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struct sockaddr rq_ns; /* must be ns format destination */
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struct sockaddr rq_ip; /* must be ip format gateway */
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short rq_flags;
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};
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.Ed
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.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
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.Bl -diag
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.It nsip%d: can't handle af%d .
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The interface was handed
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a message with addresses formatted in an unsuitable address
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family; the packet was dropped.
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.El
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr intro 4 ,
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.Xr ns 4
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.Sh HISTORY
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The
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.Nm
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interface appeared in
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.Bx 4.3 .
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.Sh BUGS
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It is absurd to have a separate pseudo-device for each pt-to-pt
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link.
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There is no way to change the
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.Tn IP
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address for an
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.Tn NS
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host once the
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encapsulation interface is set up.
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The request should honor flags of
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.Dv RTF_GATEWAY
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to indicate
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remote networks, and the absence of
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.Dv RTF_UP
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should be a clue
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to remove that partner.
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This was intended to postpone the necessity of rewriting reverse
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.Tn ARP
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for the
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.Xr en 4
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device, and to allow passing
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.Tn XNS
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packets through an
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ARPANET-MILNET gateway, to facilitate testing between some co-operating
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universities.
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