Vimal schrieb: > Hi, > > I wish to create an IP in IP tunnel interface that works as follows: > > At the sender: > * The interface checks the dst IP address on the IP packet that it receives. > * It encapsulates the IP packet inside another IP packet with: > Field 1: source address = the interface's IP address > Field 2: dst address = the packet's dst IP address > * The interface now transmits the packet your question isn't clear to me. anyway, have a look on the tun/tap kernel module, so you would be able to do the impementation in userspace (might be good for a first prototype or even good enough...). good luck. matthias > > This is different from normal IPinIP tunnels because it is not > point-to-point. The operation in Field 2 is similar to NAT. Also, > this is different from SNAT, because I want the receiver to know what > the original source IP. > > At the receiver, assume that there is a stack that understands this > special IPinIP packet and has a way to handle it. > > If it's too specific, then I do not mind implementing it. > > Thanks, _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies
