On Tue, Feb 12, 2008 at 02:16:34PM -0500, Brian J. Murrell wrote:
> In the dynamic IP consumer world, that's not always the
> case.

I'm not sure there are any sane solutions to routing in that
world. Get a better ISP? I haven't had a dynamic address on anything
in over five years...

> The problem is that the content of those provider tables is dynamic
> also.  As I understand it, each provider table is essentially a copy of
> the main table (so all known routing entries) minus any entries which
> are a result of other providers.  So given a situation where a
> non-provider based interface (i.e. VPN) and/or routes show up, the
> provider tables need to all be updated.
> 
> Maybe there is a better way to do it than shorewall currently
> implements.  It would indeed be good if the provider tables could
> somehow only need the relevant entries for what it's providing.  Maybe
> put the non-provider table before it in the routing rule list.  Not
> really sure.

Hmm. I remember thinking about this a couple of years ago and seeing a
solution, but it does not immediately come to mind now. I must
cogitate further...

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