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authorPatrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>2006-12-02 22:05:46 -0800
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2006-12-02 22:05:46 -0800
commitb321e14425c0234dd9cd07a5327a179507956c7c (patch)
tree1e5926654d2e0f77aa73ca2be224d20f45e788c4 /net/netfilter
parent9457d851fc5df54522d733f72cbb1f02ab59272e (diff)
[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')
-rw-r--r--net/netfilter/Kconfig50
1 files changed, 44 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/net/netfilter/Kconfig b/net/netfilter/Kconfig
index d191dacead5..efe56f768f3 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"