On 3. Jan 2012, at 19:00 , Doug Barton wrote:

> On 01/03/2012 10:03, Bjoern A. Zeeb wrote:
>> 
>> On 3. Jan 2012, at 17:47 , Borja Marcos wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>> On Jan 3, 2012, at 4:29 PM, Ed Maste wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Thanks for the link Nikolay.
>>>> 
>>>> Borja, I assume it's the PR submission form that gave you trouble -
>>>> sorry for that.  Based on your report it sounds to me like the bug is
>>>> in OpenBGPd itself.  If it works on OpenBSD with the TCP_MD5SIG option
>>>> though I'd assume it's due to a difference in our (FreeBSD's)
>>>> implementation of the option.  Did you look at the OpenBSD/FreeBSD
>>>> differences in your investigation?
>>> 
>>> Both bird and quagga work as expected on FreeBSD. You can leave TCP_MD5 
>>> enabled in the kernel. If you specify "password" options for a BGP peer, it 
>>> will enable TCP_MD5. Of course in FreeBSD it's a bit clumsy and you have to 
>>> use setkey(8) to set the keys. But it works.
>> 
>> The reason for setkey is just because the software (quagga, bird,...) didn't 
>> grow a proper key management integration on pfkey2.   Would be easy.   Might 
>> be needed soon anyway;-)
>> 
>> Not having looked at the particular openbgpd patches in our ports tree I 
>> would almost expect there can only be a minor issue that it would stop to 
>> work for non-protected peers once MD5 support is present in the kernel and 
>> that should be easy to spot.
>> 
>> Unfortunately Doug didn't say from where he updated to this December 
>> 8-STABLE to see if it could be the MFCs of the MD5 changes by Attilio could 
>> make OpenBGPd as in ports cranky?
> 
> I mentioned December 29, sorry if that wasn't explicit enough, I didn't
> have the svn revision close to hand.
> 
> Is r226260 the MFC that you're referring to? The log says, "Skip
> TCP_SIGNATURE calculation for INP_TIMEWAIT case." If so, that happened
> in October so we're well past that in our version of -stable.
> 
> I'll be working on the various suggestions (thanks everyone for them,
> most helpful!) and report back on what works.

I was wondering from *where* you were updating, not to which revision.

I.e. was it an 8.2-RELEASE you were coming from or something earlier?

-- 
Bjoern A. Zeeb                                 You have to have visions!
   It does not matter how good you are. It matters what good you do!

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