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33.\" Author: Archie Cobbs <archie@FreeBSD.org>
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38.Dd November 13, 2012
39.Dt NG_PPTPGRE 4
40.Os
41.Sh NAME
42.Nm ng_pptpgre
43.Nd PPTP GRE protocol netgraph node type
44.Sh SYNOPSIS
45.In sys/types.h
46.In netgraph/ng_pptpgre.h
47.Sh DESCRIPTION
48The
49.Nm pptpgre
50node type performs Generic Routing Encapsulation (GRE) over IP
51for the PPTP protocol as specified by RFC 2637.
52This involves packet
53encapsulation, sequencing, acknowledgement, and an adaptive timeout
54sliding window mechanism.
55This node type does not handle any of
56the TCP control protocol or call negotiation defined by PPTP.
57.Pp
58This node type expects to receive complete IP packets,
59including the IP header, on the
60.Dq Li lower
61hook, but it transmits outgoing frames without any IP header.
62The typical use for this node type would be to connect the
63.Dq Li upper
64hook to one of the link hooks of a
65.Xr ng_ppp 4
66node, and the
67.Dq Li lower
68hook to the
69.Dq Li "inet/raw/gre"
70hook of a
71.Xr ng_ksocket 4
72node.
73.Sh HOOKS
74This node type supports the following hooks:
75.Bl -tag -width ".Va session_hhhh"
76.It Va session_hhhh
77Session 0xhhhh data packets to the upper protocol layers
78.It Va upper
79Same as session_hhhh, but for single session with configurable cid (legacy)
80.It Va lower
81Connection to the lower protocol layers
82.El
83.Sh CONTROL MESSAGES
84This node type supports the generic control messages, plus the following:
85.Bl -tag -width foo
86.It Dv NGM_PPTPGRE_SET_CONFIG Pq Ic setconfig
87This command resets and configures hook for a session. If corresponding
88session_hhhh hook is not connected, upper hook will be configured.
89This command takes a
90.Vt "struct ng_pptpgre_conf"
91as an argument:
92.Bd -literal
93/* Configuration for a session */
94struct ng_pptpgre_conf {
95    u_char      enabled;          /* enables traffic flow */
96    u_char      enableDelayedAck; /* enables delayed acks */
97    u_char      enableAlwaysAck;  /* always include ack with data */
98    u_char      enableWindowing;  /* enable windowing algorithm */
99    uint16_t    cid;              /* my call id */
100    uint16_t    peerCid;          /* peer call id */
101    uint16_t    recvWin;          /* peer recv window size */
102    uint16_t    peerPpd;          /* peer packet processing delay
103                                     (in 1/10 of a second) */
104};
105.Ed
106.Pp
107The
108.Va enabled
109field enables traffic flow through the node.
110The
111.Va enableDelayedAck
112field enables delayed acknowledgement (maximum 250 milliseconds), which
113is a useful optimization and should generally be turned on.
114.Va enableAlwaysAck
115field enables sending acknowledgements with every data packet, which
116is probably helpful as well.
117.Pp
118.Va enableWindowing
119enables the PPTP packet windowing mechanism specified by the protocol.
120Disabling this will cause the node to violate the protocol, possibly
121confusing other PPTP peers, but often results in better performance.
122The windowing mechanism is a design error in the PPTP protocol;
123L2TP, the successor to PPTP, removes it.
124.Pp
125The remaining fields are as supplied by the PPTP virtual call setup process.
126.It Dv NGM_PPTPGRE_GET_CONFIG Pq Ic getconfig
127Takes two byte argument as cid and returns the current configuration as a
128.Vt "struct ng_pptpgre_conf" .
129.It Dv NGM_PPTPGRE_GET_STATS Pq Ic getstats
130This command returns a
131.Vt "struct ng_pptpgre_stats"
132containing various node statistics.
133.It Dv NGM_PPTPGRE_CLR_STATS Pq Ic clrstats
134This command resets the node statistics.
135.It Dv NGM_PPTPGRE_GETCLR_STATS Pq Ic getclrstats
136This command atomically gets and resets the node statistics, returning a
137.Vt "struct ng_pptpgre_stats" .
138.El
139.Sh SHUTDOWN
140This node shuts down upon receipt of a
141.Dv NGM_SHUTDOWN
142control message, or when both hooks have been disconnected.
143.Sh SEE ALSO
144.Xr netgraph 4 ,
145.Xr ng_ksocket 4 ,
146.Xr ng_ppp 4 ,
147.Xr ngctl 8
148.Rs
149.%A K. Hamzeh
150.%A G. Pall
151.%A W. Verthein
152.%A J. Taarud
153.%A W. Little
154.%A G. Zorn
155.%T "Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP)"
156.%O RFC 2637
157.Re
158.Rs
159.%A S. Hanks
160.%A T. \&Li
161.%A D. Farinacci
162.%A P. Traina
163.%T "Generic Routing Encapsulation over IPv4 networks"
164.%O RFC 1702
165.Re
166.Sh HISTORY
167The
168.Nm
169node type was implemented in
170.Fx 4.0 .
171.Sh AUTHORS
172.An Archie Cobbs Aq Mt archie@FreeBSD.org
173.Sh BUGS
174The node should not expect incoming GRE packets to have an IP header.
175This behavior is inherited from the (converse) behavior of raw IP sockets.
176An intermediate node that strips IP headers in one direction
177should be used instead.
178