+1
I guess this is mainly useful for sites that reuse the same connection
(or reconnect on the same port) repeatedly, e.g. for making offsite
backups or somesuch?
-- Garrett
Kais Belgaied wrote:
> Template Version: @(#)sac_nextcase 1.68 02/23/09 SMI
> This information is Copyright 2009 Sun Microsystems
> 1. Introduction
> 1.1. Project/Component Working Name:
> flowadm(1m) remote_port flow attribute
> 1.2. Name of Document Author/Supplier:
> Author: Kais Belgaied
> 1.3 Date of This Document:
> 14 September, 2009
> 4. Technical Description
> flowadm(1m) currently offers only the specification of the local port
> with TCP and UDP transports. That addressed the needs for expressing bandwidth
> and priority constraints for services, ifentified by the transport and
> the local port number.
> Support for transport + remote port is needed to allow the creation of flows
> that describe and regulate outbound communication to remote services.
> This case adds a new flow attribute "remote_port" to flowadm(1m)
> with the same restrictions and interface taxonomy as the existing flow
> attributes.
> The draft man page will be placed in the case directory.
> The releas binding is patch.
>
> 6. Resources and Schedule
> 6.4. Steering Committee requested information
> 6.4.1. Consolidation C-team Name:
> ON
> 6.5. ARC review type: FastTrack
> 6.6. ARC Exposure: open
>
>
