Re: conducting TCP sessions with non-local IPs

From: Bryan Rittmeyer (bryan@ixiacom.com)
Date: Tue Mar 06 2001 - 22:59:25 EST


Jeremy Jackson wrote:

> What the hell kind of monster are you making? There's got to be another way.

heh. As I mentioned in my other response, we're doing TCP/IP load
balance testing--so we need one linux system to act as many hosts. The
only solution, short of using bind/connect/accept/etc with non-local
IPs, is to use raw sockets (libpcap+libnet) and handle all of the TCP
protocol layer in userland. For speed reasons, that's clearly not
desireable, so I am seeking a kernel solution for acting as many hosts
(10,000+) without having to bring up network interfaces for each one....

Kind of sick, isn't it? :) In any case we will definitely be pushing the
2.4 network code to the extreme.

Regards,

Bryan

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Bryan Rittmeyer
mailto:bryan@ixiacom.com
Ixia Communications
26601 W. Agoura Rd.
Calabasas, CA 91302
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