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diff --git a/share/man/man4/nsip.4 b/share/man/man4/nsip.4 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..6d71782 --- /dev/null +++ b/share/man/man4/nsip.4 @@ -0,0 +1,128 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 1985, 1991, 1993 +.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software +.\" must display the following acknowledgement: +.\" This product includes software developed by the University of +.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors. +.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors +.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software +.\" without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" @(#)nsip.4 8.2 (Berkeley) 11/30/93 +.\" +.Dd November 30, 1993 +.Dt NSIP 4 +.Os BSD 4.3 +.Sh NAME +.Nm nsip +.Nd software network interface encapsulating NS packets in IP packets +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Cd options NSIP +.Fd #include <netns/ns_if.h> +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm nsip +interface is a software mechanism which may be +used to transmit Xerox +.Tn NS Ns (tm) +packets through otherwise uncooperative +networks. +It functions by prepending an +.Tn IP +header, and resubmitting the packet +through the +.Tn UNIX +.Tn IP +machinery. +.Pp +The super-user can advise the operating system of a willing partner +by naming an +.Tn IP +address to be associated with an +.Tn NS +address. +Presently, only specific hosts pairs are allowed, and for each host +pair, an artificial point-to-point interface is constructed. +At some future date, +.Tn IP +broadcast addresses or hosts may be paired +with +.Tn NS +networks or hosts. +.Pp +Specifically, a socket option of +.Dv SO_NSIP_ROUTE +is set on a socket +of family +.Dv AF_NS , +type +.Dv SOCK_DGRAM , +passing the following structure: +.Bd -literal +struct nsip_req { + struct sockaddr rq_ns; /* must be ns format destination */ + struct sockaddr rq_ip; /* must be ip format gateway */ + short rq_flags; +}; +.Ed +.Sh DIAGNOSTICS +.Bl -diag +.It nsip%d: can't handle af%d. +The interface was handed +a message with addresses formatted in an unsuitable address +family; the packet was dropped. +.El +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr intro 4 , +.Xr ns 4 +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Nm +interface appeared in +.Bx 4.3 . +.Sh BUGS +It is absurd to have a separate pseudo-device for each pt-to-pt +link. +There is no way to change the +.Tn IP +address for an +.Tn NS +host once the +encapsulation interface is set up. +The request should honor flags of +.Dv RTF_GATEWAY +to indicate +remote networks, and the absence of +.Dv RTF_UP +should be a clue +to remove that partner. +This was intended to postpone the necessity of rewriting reverse +.Tn ARP +for the +.Xr en 4 +device, and to allow passing +.Tn XNS +packets through an +Arpanet-Milnet gateway, to facilitate testing between some co-operating +universities. |