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1# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
2#
3# IP configuration
4#
5config IP_MULTICAST
6	bool "IP: multicasting"
7	help
8	  This is code for addressing several networked computers at once,
9	  enlarging your kernel by about 2 KB. You need multicasting if you
10	  intend to participate in the MBONE, a high bandwidth network on top
11	  of the Internet which carries audio and video broadcasts. More
12	  information about the MBONE is on the WWW at
13	  <https://www.savetz.com/mbone/>. For most people, it's safe to say N.
14
15config IP_ADVANCED_ROUTER
16	bool "IP: advanced router"
17	help
18	  If you intend to run your Linux box mostly as a router, i.e. as a
19	  computer that forwards and redistributes network packets, say Y; you
20	  will then be presented with several options that allow more precise
21	  control about the routing process.
22
23	  The answer to this question won't directly affect the kernel:
24	  answering N will just cause the configurator to skip all the
25	  questions about advanced routing.
26
27	  Note that your box can only act as a router if you enable IP
28	  forwarding in your kernel; you can do that by saying Y to "/proc
29	  file system support" and "Sysctl support" below and executing the
30	  line
31
32	  echo "1" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward
33
34	  at boot time after the /proc file system has been mounted.
35
36	  If you turn on IP forwarding, you should consider the rp_filter, which
37	  automatically rejects incoming packets if the routing table entry
38	  for their source address doesn't match the network interface they're
39	  arriving on. This has security advantages because it prevents the
40	  so-called IP spoofing, however it can pose problems if you use
41	  asymmetric routing (packets from you to a host take a different path
42	  than packets from that host to you) or if you operate a non-routing
43	  host which has several IP addresses on different interfaces. To turn
44	  rp_filter on use:
45
46	  echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/<device>/rp_filter
47	   or
48	  echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/all/rp_filter
49
50	  Note that some distributions enable it in startup scripts.
51	  For details about rp_filter strict and loose mode read
52	  <file:Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst>.
53
54	  If unsure, say N here.
55
56config IP_FIB_TRIE_STATS
57	bool "FIB TRIE statistics"
58	depends on IP_ADVANCED_ROUTER
59	help
60	  Keep track of statistics on structure of FIB TRIE table.
61	  Useful for testing and measuring TRIE performance.
62
63config IP_MULTIPLE_TABLES
64	bool "IP: policy routing"
65	depends on IP_ADVANCED_ROUTER
66	select FIB_RULES
67	help
68	  Normally, a router decides what to do with a received packet based
69	  solely on the packet's final destination address. If you say Y here,
70	  the Linux router will also be able to take the packet's source
71	  address into account. Furthermore, the TOS (Type-Of-Service) field
72	  of the packet can be used for routing decisions as well.
73
74	  If you need more information, see the Linux Advanced
75	  Routing and Traffic Control documentation at
76	  <https://lartc.org/howto/lartc.rpdb.html>
77
78	  If unsure, say N.
79
80config IP_ROUTE_MULTIPATH
81	bool "IP: equal cost multipath"
82	depends on IP_ADVANCED_ROUTER
83	help
84	  Normally, the routing tables specify a single action to be taken in
85	  a deterministic manner for a given packet. If you say Y here
86	  however, it becomes possible to attach several actions to a packet
87	  pattern, in effect specifying several alternative paths to travel
88	  for those packets. The router considers all these paths to be of
89	  equal "cost" and chooses one of them in a non-deterministic fashion
90	  if a matching packet arrives.
91
92config IP_ROUTE_VERBOSE
93	bool "IP: verbose route monitoring"
94	depends on IP_ADVANCED_ROUTER
95	help
96	  If you say Y here, which is recommended, then the kernel will print
97	  verbose messages regarding the routing, for example warnings about
98	  received packets which look strange and could be evidence of an
99	  attack or a misconfigured system somewhere. The information is
100	  handled by the klogd daemon which is responsible for kernel messages
101	  ("man klogd").
102
103config IP_ROUTE_CLASSID
104	bool
105
106config IP_PNP
107	bool "IP: kernel level autoconfiguration"
108	help
109	  This enables automatic configuration of IP addresses of devices and
110	  of the routing table during kernel boot, based on either information
111	  supplied on the kernel command line or by BOOTP or RARP protocols.
112	  You need to say Y only for diskless machines requiring network
113	  access to boot (in which case you want to say Y to "Root file system
114	  on NFS" as well), because all other machines configure the network
115	  in their startup scripts.
116
117config IP_PNP_DHCP
118	bool "IP: DHCP support"
119	depends on IP_PNP
120	help
121	  If you want your Linux box to mount its whole root file system (the
122	  one containing the directory /) from some other computer over the
123	  net via NFS and you want the IP address of your computer to be
124	  discovered automatically at boot time using the DHCP protocol (a
125	  special protocol designed for doing this job), say Y here. In case
126	  the boot ROM of your network card was designed for booting Linux and
127	  does DHCP itself, providing all necessary information on the kernel
128	  command line, you can say N here.
129
130	  If unsure, say Y. Note that if you want to use DHCP, a DHCP server
131	  must be operating on your network.  Read
132	  <file:Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/nfsroot.rst> for details.
133
134config IP_PNP_BOOTP
135	bool "IP: BOOTP support"
136	depends on IP_PNP
137	help
138	  If you want your Linux box to mount its whole root file system (the
139	  one containing the directory /) from some other computer over the
140	  net via NFS and you want the IP address of your computer to be
141	  discovered automatically at boot time using the BOOTP protocol (a
142	  special protocol designed for doing this job), say Y here. In case
143	  the boot ROM of your network card was designed for booting Linux and
144	  does BOOTP itself, providing all necessary information on the kernel
145	  command line, you can say N here. If unsure, say Y. Note that if you
146	  want to use BOOTP, a BOOTP server must be operating on your network.
147	  Read <file:Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/nfsroot.rst> for details.
148
149config IP_PNP_RARP
150	bool "IP: RARP support"
151	depends on IP_PNP
152	help
153	  If you want your Linux box to mount its whole root file system (the
154	  one containing the directory /) from some other computer over the
155	  net via NFS and you want the IP address of your computer to be
156	  discovered automatically at boot time using the RARP protocol (an
157	  older protocol which is being obsoleted by BOOTP and DHCP), say Y
158	  here. Note that if you want to use RARP, a RARP server must be
159	  operating on your network. Read
160	  <file:Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/nfsroot.rst> for details.
161
162config NET_IPIP
163	tristate "IP: tunneling"
164	select INET_TUNNEL
165	select NET_IP_TUNNEL
166	help
167	  Tunneling means encapsulating data of one protocol type within
168	  another protocol and sending it over a channel that understands the
169	  encapsulating protocol. This particular tunneling driver implements
170	  encapsulation of IP within IP, which sounds kind of pointless, but
171	  can be useful if you want to make your (or some other) machine
172	  appear on a different network than it physically is, or to use
173	  mobile-IP facilities (allowing laptops to seamlessly move between
174	  networks without changing their IP addresses).
175
176	  Saying Y to this option will produce two modules ( = code which can
177	  be inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you
178	  want). Most people won't need this and can say N.
179
180config NET_IPGRE_DEMUX
181	tristate "IP: GRE demultiplexer"
182	help
183	  This is helper module to demultiplex GRE packets on GRE version field criteria.
184	  Required by ip_gre and pptp modules.
185
186config NET_IP_TUNNEL
187	tristate
188	select DST_CACHE
189	select GRO_CELLS
190	default n
191
192config NET_IPGRE
193	tristate "IP: GRE tunnels over IP"
194	depends on (IPV6 || IPV6=n) && NET_IPGRE_DEMUX
195	select NET_IP_TUNNEL
196	help
197	  Tunneling means encapsulating data of one protocol type within
198	  another protocol and sending it over a channel that understands the
199	  encapsulating protocol. This particular tunneling driver implements
200	  GRE (Generic Routing Encapsulation) and at this time allows
201	  encapsulating of IPv4 or IPv6 over existing IPv4 infrastructure.
202	  This driver is useful if the other endpoint is a Cisco router: Cisco
203	  likes GRE much better than the other Linux tunneling driver ("IP
204	  tunneling" above). In addition, GRE allows multicast redistribution
205	  through the tunnel.
206
207config NET_IPGRE_BROADCAST
208	bool "IP: broadcast GRE over IP"
209	depends on IP_MULTICAST && NET_IPGRE
210	help
211	  One application of GRE/IP is to construct a broadcast WAN (Wide Area
212	  Network), which looks like a normal Ethernet LAN (Local Area
213	  Network), but can be distributed all over the Internet. If you want
214	  to do that, say Y here and to "IP multicast routing" below.
215
216config IP_MROUTE_COMMON
217	bool
218	depends on IP_MROUTE || IPV6_MROUTE
219
220config IP_MROUTE
221	bool "IP: multicast routing"
222	depends on IP_MULTICAST
223	select IP_MROUTE_COMMON
224	help
225	  This is used if you want your machine to act as a router for IP
226	  packets that have several destination addresses. It is needed on the
227	  MBONE, a high bandwidth network on top of the Internet which carries
228	  audio and video broadcasts. In order to do that, you would most
229	  likely run the program mrouted. If you haven't heard about it, you
230	  don't need it.
231
232config IP_MROUTE_MULTIPLE_TABLES
233	bool "IP: multicast policy routing"
234	depends on IP_MROUTE && IP_ADVANCED_ROUTER
235	select FIB_RULES
236	help
237	  Normally, a multicast router runs a userspace daemon and decides
238	  what to do with a multicast packet based on the source and
239	  destination addresses. If you say Y here, the multicast router
240	  will also be able to take interfaces and packet marks into
241	  account and run multiple instances of userspace daemons
242	  simultaneously, each one handling a single table.
243
244	  If unsure, say N.
245
246config IP_PIMSM_V1
247	bool "IP: PIM-SM version 1 support"
248	depends on IP_MROUTE
249	help
250	  Kernel side support for Sparse Mode PIM (Protocol Independent
251	  Multicast) version 1. This multicast routing protocol is used widely
252	  because Cisco supports it. You need special software to use it
253	  (pimd-v1). Please see <http://netweb.usc.edu/pim/> for more
254	  information about PIM.
255
256	  Say Y if you want to use PIM-SM v1. Note that you can say N here if
257	  you just want to use Dense Mode PIM.
258
259config IP_PIMSM_V2
260	bool "IP: PIM-SM version 2 support"
261	depends on IP_MROUTE
262	help
263	  Kernel side support for Sparse Mode PIM version 2. In order to use
264	  this, you need an experimental routing daemon supporting it (pimd or
265	  gated-5). This routing protocol is not used widely, so say N unless
266	  you want to play with it.
267
268config SYN_COOKIES
269	bool "IP: TCP syncookie support"
270	help
271	  Normal TCP/IP networking is open to an attack known as "SYN
272	  flooding". This denial-of-service attack prevents legitimate remote
273	  users from being able to connect to your computer during an ongoing
274	  attack and requires very little work from the attacker, who can
275	  operate from anywhere on the Internet.
276
277	  SYN cookies provide protection against this type of attack. If you
278	  say Y here, the TCP/IP stack will use a cryptographic challenge
279	  protocol known as "SYN cookies" to enable legitimate users to
280	  continue to connect, even when your machine is under attack. There
281	  is no need for the legitimate users to change their TCP/IP software;
282	  SYN cookies work transparently to them. For technical information
283	  about SYN cookies, check out <https://cr.yp.to/syncookies.html>.
284
285	  If you are SYN flooded, the source address reported by the kernel is
286	  likely to have been forged by the attacker; it is only reported as
287	  an aid in tracing the packets to their actual source and should not
288	  be taken as absolute truth.
289
290	  SYN cookies may prevent correct error reporting on clients when the
291	  server is really overloaded. If this happens frequently better turn
292	  them off.
293
294	  If you say Y here, you can disable SYN cookies at run time by
295	  saying Y to "/proc file system support" and
296	  "Sysctl support" below and executing the command
297
298	  echo 0 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_syncookies
299
300	  after the /proc file system has been mounted.
301
302	  If unsure, say N.
303
304config NET_IPVTI
305	tristate "Virtual (secure) IP: tunneling"
306	depends on IPV6 || IPV6=n
307	select INET_TUNNEL
308	select NET_IP_TUNNEL
309	select XFRM
310	help
311	  Tunneling means encapsulating data of one protocol type within
312	  another protocol and sending it over a channel that understands the
313	  encapsulating protocol. This can be used with xfrm mode tunnel to give
314	  the notion of a secure tunnel for IPSEC and then use routing protocol
315	  on top.
316
317config NET_UDP_TUNNEL
318	tristate
319	select NET_IP_TUNNEL
320	default n
321
322config NET_FOU
323	tristate "IP: Foo (IP protocols) over UDP"
324	select XFRM
325	select NET_UDP_TUNNEL
326	help
327	  Foo over UDP allows any IP protocol to be directly encapsulated
328	  over UDP include tunnels (IPIP, GRE, SIT). By encapsulating in UDP
329	  network mechanisms and optimizations for UDP (such as ECMP
330	  and RSS) can be leveraged to provide better service.
331
332config NET_FOU_IP_TUNNELS
333	bool "IP: FOU encapsulation of IP tunnels"
334	depends on NET_IPIP || NET_IPGRE || IPV6_SIT
335	select NET_FOU
336	help
337	  Allow configuration of FOU or GUE encapsulation for IP tunnels.
338	  When this option is enabled IP tunnels can be configured to use
339	  FOU or GUE encapsulation.
340
341config INET_AH
342	tristate "IP: AH transformation"
343	select XFRM_AH
344	help
345	  Support for IPsec AH (Authentication Header).
346
347	  AH can be used with various authentication algorithms.  Besides
348	  enabling AH support itself, this option enables the generic
349	  implementations of the algorithms that RFC 8221 lists as MUST be
350	  implemented.  If you need any other algorithms, you'll need to enable
351	  them in the crypto API.  You should also enable accelerated
352	  implementations of any needed algorithms when available.
353
354	  If unsure, say Y.
355
356config INET_ESP
357	tristate "IP: ESP transformation"
358	select XFRM_ESP
359	help
360	  Support for IPsec ESP (Encapsulating Security Payload).
361
362	  ESP can be used with various encryption and authentication algorithms.
363	  Besides enabling ESP support itself, this option enables the generic
364	  implementations of the algorithms that RFC 8221 lists as MUST be
365	  implemented.  If you need any other algorithms, you'll need to enable
366	  them in the crypto API.  You should also enable accelerated
367	  implementations of any needed algorithms when available.
368
369	  If unsure, say Y.
370
371config INET_ESP_OFFLOAD
372	tristate "IP: ESP transformation offload"
373	depends on INET_ESP
374	select XFRM_OFFLOAD
375	default n
376	help
377	  Support for ESP transformation offload. This makes sense
378	  only if this system really does IPsec and want to do it
379	  with high throughput. A typical desktop system does not
380	  need it, even if it does IPsec.
381
382	  If unsure, say N.
383
384config INET_ESPINTCP
385	bool "IP: ESP in TCP encapsulation (RFC 8229)"
386	depends on XFRM && INET_ESP
387	select STREAM_PARSER
388	select NET_SOCK_MSG
389	select XFRM_ESPINTCP
390	help
391	  Support for RFC 8229 encapsulation of ESP and IKE over
392	  TCP/IPv4 sockets.
393
394	  If unsure, say N.
395
396config INET_IPCOMP
397	tristate "IP: IPComp transformation"
398	select INET_XFRM_TUNNEL
399	select XFRM_IPCOMP
400	help
401	  Support for IP Payload Compression Protocol (IPComp) (RFC3173),
402	  typically needed for IPsec.
403
404	  If unsure, say Y.
405
406config INET_TABLE_PERTURB_ORDER
407	int "INET: Source port perturbation table size (as power of 2)" if EXPERT
408	default 16
409	help
410	  Source port perturbation table size (as power of 2) for
411	  RFC 6056 3.3.4.  Algorithm 4: Double-Hash Port Selection Algorithm.
412
413	  The default is almost always what you want.
414	  Only change this if you know what you are doing.
415
416config INET_XFRM_TUNNEL
417	tristate
418	select INET_TUNNEL
419	default n
420
421config INET_TUNNEL
422	tristate
423	default n
424
425config INET_DIAG
426	tristate "INET: socket monitoring interface"
427	default y
428	help
429	  Support for INET (TCP, DCCP, etc) socket monitoring interface used by
430	  native Linux tools such as ss. ss is included in iproute2, currently
431	  downloadable at:
432
433	    http://www.linuxfoundation.org/collaborate/workgroups/networking/iproute2
434
435	  If unsure, say Y.
436
437config INET_TCP_DIAG
438	depends on INET_DIAG
439	def_tristate INET_DIAG
440
441config INET_UDP_DIAG
442	tristate "UDP: socket monitoring interface"
443	depends on INET_DIAG && (IPV6 || IPV6=n)
444	default n
445	help
446	  Support for UDP socket monitoring interface used by the ss tool.
447	  If unsure, say Y.
448
449config INET_RAW_DIAG
450	tristate "RAW: socket monitoring interface"
451	depends on INET_DIAG && (IPV6 || IPV6=n)
452	default n
453	help
454	  Support for RAW socket monitoring interface used by the ss tool.
455	  If unsure, say Y.
456
457config INET_DIAG_DESTROY
458	bool "INET: allow privileged process to administratively close sockets"
459	depends on INET_DIAG
460	default n
461	help
462	  Provides a SOCK_DESTROY operation that allows privileged processes
463	  (e.g., a connection manager or a network administration tool such as
464	  ss) to close sockets opened by other processes. Closing a socket in
465	  this way interrupts any blocking read/write/connect operations on
466	  the socket and causes future socket calls to behave as if the socket
467	  had been disconnected.
468	  If unsure, say N.
469
470menuconfig TCP_CONG_ADVANCED
471	bool "TCP: advanced congestion control"
472	help
473	  Support for selection of various TCP congestion control
474	  modules.
475
476	  Nearly all users can safely say no here, and a safe default
477	  selection will be made (CUBIC with new Reno as a fallback).
478
479	  If unsure, say N.
480
481if TCP_CONG_ADVANCED
482
483config TCP_CONG_BIC
484	tristate "Binary Increase Congestion (BIC) control"
485	default m
486	help
487	  BIC-TCP is a sender-side only change that ensures a linear RTT
488	  fairness under large windows while offering both scalability and
489	  bounded TCP-friendliness. The protocol combines two schemes
490	  called additive increase and binary search increase. When the
491	  congestion window is large, additive increase with a large
492	  increment ensures linear RTT fairness as well as good
493	  scalability. Under small congestion windows, binary search
494	  increase provides TCP friendliness.
495	  See http://www.csc.ncsu.edu/faculty/rhee/export/bitcp/
496
497config TCP_CONG_CUBIC
498	tristate "CUBIC TCP"
499	default y
500	help
501	  This is version 2.0 of BIC-TCP which uses a cubic growth function
502	  among other techniques.
503	  See http://www.csc.ncsu.edu/faculty/rhee/export/bitcp/cubic-paper.pdf
504
505config TCP_CONG_WESTWOOD
506	tristate "TCP Westwood+"
507	default m
508	help
509	  TCP Westwood+ is a sender-side only modification of the TCP Reno
510	  protocol stack that optimizes the performance of TCP congestion
511	  control. It is based on end-to-end bandwidth estimation to set
512	  congestion window and slow start threshold after a congestion
513	  episode. Using this estimation, TCP Westwood+ adaptively sets a
514	  slow start threshold and a congestion window which takes into
515	  account the bandwidth used  at the time congestion is experienced.
516	  TCP Westwood+ significantly increases fairness wrt TCP Reno in
517	  wired networks and throughput over wireless links.
518
519config TCP_CONG_HTCP
520	tristate "H-TCP"
521	default m
522	help
523	  H-TCP is a send-side only modifications of the TCP Reno
524	  protocol stack that optimizes the performance of TCP
525	  congestion control for high speed network links. It uses a
526	  modeswitch to change the alpha and beta parameters of TCP Reno
527	  based on network conditions and in a way so as to be fair with
528	  other Reno and H-TCP flows.
529
530config TCP_CONG_HSTCP
531	tristate "High Speed TCP"
532	default n
533	help
534	  Sally Floyd's High Speed TCP (RFC 3649) congestion control.
535	  A modification to TCP's congestion control mechanism for use
536	  with large congestion windows. A table indicates how much to
537	  increase the congestion window by when an ACK is received.
538	  For more detail see https://www.icir.org/floyd/hstcp.html
539
540config TCP_CONG_HYBLA
541	tristate "TCP-Hybla congestion control algorithm"
542	default n
543	help
544	  TCP-Hybla is a sender-side only change that eliminates penalization of
545	  long-RTT, large-bandwidth connections, like when satellite legs are
546	  involved, especially when sharing a common bottleneck with normal
547	  terrestrial connections.
548
549config TCP_CONG_VEGAS
550	tristate "TCP Vegas"
551	default n
552	help
553	  TCP Vegas is a sender-side only change to TCP that anticipates
554	  the onset of congestion by estimating the bandwidth. TCP Vegas
555	  adjusts the sending rate by modifying the congestion
556	  window. TCP Vegas should provide less packet loss, but it is
557	  not as aggressive as TCP Reno.
558
559config TCP_CONG_NV
560	tristate "TCP NV"
561	default n
562	help
563	  TCP NV is a follow up to TCP Vegas. It has been modified to deal with
564	  10G networks, measurement noise introduced by LRO, GRO and interrupt
565	  coalescence. In addition, it will decrease its cwnd multiplicatively
566	  instead of linearly.
567
568	  Note that in general congestion avoidance (cwnd decreased when # packets
569	  queued grows) cannot coexist with congestion control (cwnd decreased only
570	  when there is packet loss) due to fairness issues. One scenario when they
571	  can coexist safely is when the CA flows have RTTs << CC flows RTTs.
572
573	  For further details see http://www.brakmo.org/networking/tcp-nv/
574
575config TCP_CONG_SCALABLE
576	tristate "Scalable TCP"
577	default n
578	help
579	  Scalable TCP is a sender-side only change to TCP which uses a
580	  MIMD congestion control algorithm which has some nice scaling
581	  properties, though is known to have fairness issues.
582	  See http://www.deneholme.net/tom/scalable/
583
584config TCP_CONG_LP
585	tristate "TCP Low Priority"
586	default n
587	help
588	  TCP Low Priority (TCP-LP), a distributed algorithm whose goal is
589	  to utilize only the excess network bandwidth as compared to the
590	  ``fair share`` of bandwidth as targeted by TCP.
591	  See http://www-ece.rice.edu/networks/TCP-LP/
592
593config TCP_CONG_VENO
594	tristate "TCP Veno"
595	default n
596	help
597	  TCP Veno is a sender-side only enhancement of TCP to obtain better
598	  throughput over wireless networks. TCP Veno makes use of state
599	  distinguishing to circumvent the difficult judgment of the packet loss
600	  type. TCP Veno cuts down less congestion window in response to random
601	  loss packets.
602	  See <http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/freeabs_all.jsp?arnumber=1177186>
603
604config TCP_CONG_YEAH
605	tristate "YeAH TCP"
606	select TCP_CONG_VEGAS
607	default n
608	help
609	  YeAH-TCP is a sender-side high-speed enabled TCP congestion control
610	  algorithm, which uses a mixed loss/delay approach to compute the
611	  congestion window. It's design goals target high efficiency,
612	  internal, RTT and Reno fairness, resilience to link loss while
613	  keeping network elements load as low as possible.
614
615	  For further details look here:
616	    http://wil.cs.caltech.edu/pfldnet2007/paper/YeAH_TCP.pdf
617
618config TCP_CONG_ILLINOIS
619	tristate "TCP Illinois"
620	default n
621	help
622	  TCP-Illinois is a sender-side modification of TCP Reno for
623	  high speed long delay links. It uses round-trip-time to
624	  adjust the alpha and beta parameters to achieve a higher average
625	  throughput and maintain fairness.
626
627	  For further details see:
628	    http://www.ews.uiuc.edu/~shaoliu/tcpillinois/index.html
629
630config TCP_CONG_DCTCP
631	tristate "DataCenter TCP (DCTCP)"
632	default n
633	help
634	  DCTCP leverages Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN) in the network to
635	  provide multi-bit feedback to the end hosts. It is designed to provide:
636
637	  - High burst tolerance (incast due to partition/aggregate),
638	  - Low latency (short flows, queries),
639	  - High throughput (continuous data updates, large file transfers) with
640	    commodity, shallow-buffered switches.
641
642	  All switches in the data center network running DCTCP must support
643	  ECN marking and be configured for marking when reaching defined switch
644	  buffer thresholds. The default ECN marking threshold heuristic for
645	  DCTCP on switches is 20 packets (30KB) at 1Gbps, and 65 packets
646	  (~100KB) at 10Gbps, but might need further careful tweaking.
647
648	  For further details see:
649	    http://simula.stanford.edu/~alizade/Site/DCTCP_files/dctcp-final.pdf
650
651config TCP_CONG_CDG
652	tristate "CAIA Delay-Gradient (CDG)"
653	default n
654	help
655	  CAIA Delay-Gradient (CDG) is a TCP congestion control that modifies
656	  the TCP sender in order to:
657
658	  o Use the delay gradient as a congestion signal.
659	  o Back off with an average probability that is independent of the RTT.
660	  o Coexist with flows that use loss-based congestion control.
661	  o Tolerate packet loss unrelated to congestion.
662
663	  For further details see:
664	    D.A. Hayes and G. Armitage. "Revisiting TCP congestion control using
665	    delay gradients." In Networking 2011. Preprint: http://goo.gl/No3vdg
666
667config TCP_CONG_BBR
668	tristate "BBR TCP"
669	default n
670	help
671
672	  BBR (Bottleneck Bandwidth and RTT) TCP congestion control aims to
673	  maximize network utilization and minimize queues. It builds an explicit
674	  model of the bottleneck delivery rate and path round-trip propagation
675	  delay. It tolerates packet loss and delay unrelated to congestion. It
676	  can operate over LAN, WAN, cellular, wifi, or cable modem links. It can
677	  coexist with flows that use loss-based congestion control, and can
678	  operate with shallow buffers, deep buffers, bufferbloat, policers, or
679	  AQM schemes that do not provide a delay signal. It requires the fq
680	  ("Fair Queue") pacing packet scheduler.
681
682choice
683	prompt "Default TCP congestion control"
684	default DEFAULT_CUBIC
685	help
686	  Select the TCP congestion control that will be used by default
687	  for all connections.
688
689	config DEFAULT_BIC
690		bool "Bic" if TCP_CONG_BIC=y
691
692	config DEFAULT_CUBIC
693		bool "Cubic" if TCP_CONG_CUBIC=y
694
695	config DEFAULT_HTCP
696		bool "Htcp" if TCP_CONG_HTCP=y
697
698	config DEFAULT_HYBLA
699		bool "Hybla" if TCP_CONG_HYBLA=y
700
701	config DEFAULT_VEGAS
702		bool "Vegas" if TCP_CONG_VEGAS=y
703
704	config DEFAULT_VENO
705		bool "Veno" if TCP_CONG_VENO=y
706
707	config DEFAULT_WESTWOOD
708		bool "Westwood" if TCP_CONG_WESTWOOD=y
709
710	config DEFAULT_DCTCP
711		bool "DCTCP" if TCP_CONG_DCTCP=y
712
713	config DEFAULT_CDG
714		bool "CDG" if TCP_CONG_CDG=y
715
716	config DEFAULT_BBR
717		bool "BBR" if TCP_CONG_BBR=y
718
719	config DEFAULT_RENO
720		bool "Reno"
721endchoice
722
723endif
724
725config TCP_CONG_CUBIC
726	tristate
727	depends on !TCP_CONG_ADVANCED
728	default y
729
730config DEFAULT_TCP_CONG
731	string
732	default "bic" if DEFAULT_BIC
733	default "cubic" if DEFAULT_CUBIC
734	default "htcp" if DEFAULT_HTCP
735	default "hybla" if DEFAULT_HYBLA
736	default "vegas" if DEFAULT_VEGAS
737	default "westwood" if DEFAULT_WESTWOOD
738	default "veno" if DEFAULT_VENO
739	default "reno" if DEFAULT_RENO
740	default "dctcp" if DEFAULT_DCTCP
741	default "cdg" if DEFAULT_CDG
742	default "bbr" if DEFAULT_BBR
743	default "cubic"
744
745config TCP_MD5SIG
746	bool "TCP: MD5 Signature Option support (RFC2385)"
747	select CRYPTO
748	select CRYPTO_MD5
749	help
750	  RFC2385 specifies a method of giving MD5 protection to TCP sessions.
751	  Its main (only?) use is to protect BGP sessions between core routers
752	  on the Internet.
753
754	  If unsure, say N.
755