Subject: Re: Patch for Fast-IPsec over loopback
To: Jonathan Stone <jonathan@DSG.Stanford.EDU>
From: Matthias Drochner <M.Drochner@fz-juelich.de>
List: tech-net
Date: 08/18/2003 21:58:32
jonathan@DSG.Stanford.EDU said:
> 3.  ip_output() enqueues packet on lo0, which immediately routes the
> packet back up
>     the networking stack, complete with tags. 
> [...]
> Conclusion: I should commit the change to icmp_reflect() to strip all
> packet tags

Forgive my ignorance, but what would be wrong with stripping all tags
in the loopback driver? After all, a real interface transfers just the
packet without tags, and why should lo0 behave differently than, lets
say, an external loopback?

best regards
Matthias