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33.\" Author: Archie Cobbs <archie@FreeBSD.org>
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38.Dd May 28, 2004
39.Dt NG_TEE 4
40.Os
41.Sh NAME
42.Nm ng_tee
43.Nd netgraph ``tee'' node type
44.Sh SYNOPSIS
45.In sys/types.h
46.In netgraph/ng_tee.h
47.Sh DESCRIPTION
48The
49.Nm tee
50node type has a purpose similar to the
51.Xr tee 1
52command.
53.Nm Tee
54nodes are useful for debugging or
55.Dq snooping
56on a connection
57between two netgraph nodes.
58.Nm Tee
59nodes have four hooks,
60.Dv right ,
61.Dv left ,
62.Dv right2left ,
63and
64.Dv left2right .
65All data received on
66.Dv right
67is sent unmodified to
68.Em both
69hooks
70.Dv left
71and
72.Dv right2left .
73Similarly, all data received on
74.Dv left
75is sent unmodified to both
76.Dv right
77and
78.Dv left2right .
79.Pp
80Packets may also be received on
81.Dv right2left
82and
83.Dv left2right ;
84if so, they are forwarded unchanged out hooks
85.Dv right
86and
87.Dv left ,
88respectively.
89.Sh HOOKS
90This node type supports the following hooks:
91.Pp
92.Bl -tag -width foobarbarfoo
93.It Dv right
94The connection to the node on the right.
95.It Dv left
96The connection to the node on the left.
97.It Dv right2left
98Tap for right to left traffic.
99.It Dv left2right
100Tap for left to right traffic.
101.El
102.Sh CONTROL MESSAGES
103This node type supports the generic control messages, plus the following.
104.Bl -tag -width foo
105.It Dv NGM_TEE_GET_STATS
106Get statistics, returned as a
107.Dv "struct ng_tee_stats" .
108.It Dv NGM_TEE_CLR_STATS
109Clear statistics.
110.El
111.Sh SHUTDOWN
112This node shuts down upon receipt of an
113.Dv NGM_SHUTDOWN
114control message, or when all hooks have been disconnected.
115If both
116.Dv right
117and
118.Dv left
119hooks are present, node removes itself from the chain gently,
120connecting
121.Dv right
122and
123.Dv left
124together.
125.Sh SEE ALSO
126.Xr tee 1 ,
127.Xr netgraph 4 ,
128.Xr ngctl 8
129.Sh HISTORY
130The
131.Nm
132node type was implemented in
133.Fx 4.0 .
134.Sh AUTHORS
135.An Julian Elischer Aq julian@FreeBSD.org
136