Re: [squid-users] ip_wccp kernel patch for 2.6.x

From: Henrik Nordstrom <hno@dont-contact.us>
Date: Mon, 4 Oct 2004 14:03:56 +0200 (CEST)

On Sun, 3 Oct 2004, Joe Cooper wrote:

> However, using the ip_gre module is more complex than simply inserting
> ip_wccp, requiring actual configuration of a dummy gre interface. I've found
> it's easier just to use the decapsulating ip_wccp.

And this is partly why ip_wccp is a kludge, it provides no security what
so ever and accepts any WCCP packets routed to the host, no questions
asked.

The other reason is the inability to coexists with normal GRE.

Regards
Henrik
Received on Mon Oct 04 2004 - 06:04:03 MDT

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