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Task #1620

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NullFace and reserved FaceId

Added by Junxiao Shi almost 10 years ago. Updated over 9 years ago.

Status:
Closed
Priority:
Normal
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Category:
Faces
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% Done:

100%

Estimated time:
3.00 h

Description

Develop a NullFace which has no underlying transport and drops every outgoing packet.

Modify FaceTable FaceId assignment algorithm:

  • FaceId 1~255 are reserved for special faces such as InternalFace and NullFace
  • Ordinary faces are assigned FaceIds of 256 or above

Purpose: a blackhole FIB entry can be created by adding the well-known FaceId of the NullFace as its sole nexthop.


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