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author | Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net> | 2006-12-03 06:05:46 (GMT) |
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committer | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2006-12-03 06:05:46 (GMT) |
commit | b321e14425c0234dd9cd07a5327a179507956c7c (patch) | |
tree | 1e5926654d2e0f77aa73ca2be224d20f45e788c4 /net/netfilter/Kconfig | |
parent | 9457d851fc5df54522d733f72cbb1f02ab59272e (diff) | |
download | linux-b321e14425c0234dd9cd07a5327a179507956c7c.tar.xz |
[NETFILTER]: Kconfig: improve conntrack selection
Improve the connection tracking selection (well, the user experience,
not really the aesthetics) by offering one option to enable connection
tracking and a choice between the implementations.
Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'net/netfilter/Kconfig')
-rw-r--r-- | net/netfilter/Kconfig | 50 |
1 files changed, 44 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/net/netfilter/Kconfig b/net/netfilter/Kconfig index d191dac..efe56f7 100644 --- a/net/netfilter/Kconfig +++ b/net/netfilter/Kconfig @@ -25,19 +25,57 @@ config NETFILTER_NETLINK_LOG and is also scheduled to replace the old syslog-based ipt_LOG and ip6t_LOG modules. -config NF_CONNTRACK - tristate "Layer 3 Independent Connection tracking (EXPERIMENTAL)" - depends on EXPERIMENTAL && IP_NF_CONNTRACK=n - default n - ---help--- +config NF_CONNTRACK_ENABLED + tristate "Netfilter connection tracking support" + help Connection tracking keeps a record of what packets have passed through your machine, in order to figure out how they are related into connections. + This is required to do Masquerading or other kinds of Network + Address Translation (except for Fast NAT). It can also be used to + enhance packet filtering (see `Connection state match support' + below). + + To compile it as a module, choose M here. If unsure, say N. + +choice + prompt "Netfilter connection tracking support" + depends on NF_CONNTRACK_ENABLED + +config NF_CONNTRACK_SUPPORT + bool "Layer 3 Independent Connection tracking (EXPERIMENTAL)" + depends on EXPERIMENTAL + help Layer 3 independent connection tracking is experimental scheme which generalize ip_conntrack to support other layer 3 protocols. - To compile it as a module, choose M here. If unsure, say N. + This is required to do Masquerading or other kinds of Network + Address Translation (except for Fast NAT). It can also be used to + enhance packet filtering (see `Connection state match support' + below). + +config IP_NF_CONNTRACK_SUPPORT + bool "Layer 3 Dependent Connection tracking" + help + The old, Layer 3 dependent ip_conntrack subsystem of netfilter. + + This is required to do Masquerading or other kinds of Network + Address Translation (except for Fast NAT). It can also be used to + enhance packet filtering (see `Connection state match support' + below). + +endchoice + +config NF_CONNTRACK + tristate + default m if NF_CONNTRACK_SUPPORT && NF_CONNTRACK_ENABLED=m + default y if NF_CONNTRACK_SUPPORT && NF_CONNTRACK_ENABLED=y + +config IP_NF_CONNTRACK + tristate + default m if IP_NF_CONNTRACK_SUPPORT && NF_CONNTRACK_ENABLED=m + default y if IP_NF_CONNTRACK_SUPPORT && NF_CONNTRACK_ENABLED=y config NF_CT_ACCT bool "Connection tracking flow accounting" |