Bug 20698 – Hidden ARP patch for Gentoo-sources

• Product: Gentoo Linux
• Status: RESOLVED FIXED

[Description Brett Simpson 2003-05-09 08:40:45 UTC]

Could the Julian Anastasov Hidden-Arp patch be included in the Gentoo kernel? This patch 
(as described in http://www.ssi.bg/~ja/hidden.txt) allows a web server to be used in an 
LVS (Linux Virtual Server) direct route. Once the patch is applied it is not active unless the 
following is done. 
 
# Enable the functionality 
echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/all/hidden 
 
# Hide all addresses on this interface 
echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/<interface_name>/hidden 
 
This is the web page that has the patches. 
http://www.ssi.bg/~ja/ 
 
Also I applied the hidden-2.4.19pre5-1.diff to the 2.4.19-gentoo-r10 kernel to two 
production Redhat web servers. This has been in place for over 7 months and has been 
stable.  
 
Thanks, 
Brett

[Comment 1 Jay Pfeifer (RETIRED) 2003-05-09 09:57:31 UTC]

i'll look @ it.


Jay

[Comment 2 Jay Pfeifer (RETIRED) 2003-05-10 02:08:52 UTC]

k, i'm working this into pfeifer-sources-2.4.20_pre12.

Jay

[Comment 3 Brett Simpson 2003-06-28 07:10:05 UTC]

Did you get a chance to add this?  
Thanks, 
Brett 

[Comment 4 Jay Pfeifer (RETIRED) 2003-06-28 08:09:23 UTC]

it's in 2.4.21_pre2 - which is in my local tree. i'm am working on rolling it out this weekend. 
 
Jay 

[Comment 5 Brett Simpson 2003-06-28 08:13:04 UTC]

Cool! I'm looking to convert two existing Redhat 7.3 servers running coldfusion to 
Gentoo. Both of them are part of an LVS direct route setup that use the hidden arp 
stuff. I could patch it myself put I wanted to minimize the work on setting up 
additional systems for the other admins here. 
 
Brett 

[Comment 6 Jay Pfeifer (RETIRED) 2003-06-30 11:50:13 UTC]

Created attachment 14044 [details, diff]
ja1-2.4.21

well, i had the patch and forgot to bundle it (sorry). This applies to
2.4.21_pre2 of pfeifer-sources. Let me know how it goes and I'll get it in
pre3.

Jay