From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261981AbVFUKEJ (ORCPT ); Tue, 21 Jun 2005 06:04:09 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261729AbVFUKEJ (ORCPT ); Tue, 21 Jun 2005 06:04:09 -0400 Received: from clock-tower.bc.nu ([81.2.110.250]:10403 "EHLO lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262100AbVFUJyu (ORCPT ); Tue, 21 Jun 2005 05:54:50 -0400 Subject: Re: Internet RFCs supported by Linux TCP/IP stack From: Alan Cox To: helen monte Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <1119347541.3325.92.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 (1.4.6-2) Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2005 10:52:23 +0100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Maw, 2005-06-21 at 06:01, helen monte wrote: > I posted an updated version of this inquiry with the Mentat list to > linux-net@VGER.KERNEL.ORG under the topic "List of Internet RFCs supported > by Linux TCP/IP implementation?" > http://groups-beta.google.com/group/mlist.linux.net/browse_frm/thread/9998321cb3ddf940/5012a6cd55e8b17e#5012a6cd55e8b17e > The kernel source has notes on various things supported but not that I am aware of a neat list (and in my experience people will claim bogus ones too - eg many vendors claim to fully support RFC1122, which requires you stack can leap tall buildings in a single bound). For the higher level stuff like OSPF, BGP you need to look at user space packages like quagga because they are not implemented by the kernel in the Linux case but by user space applications.