add DAE support (PoD/CoA) from Vladislav Bjelic

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@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ H3 {
     <LI><A HREF="#Filtering">Filtering</A></LI>
     <LI><A HREF="#Clustering">Clustering</A></LI>
     <LI><A HREF="#Routing">Routing</A></LI>
     <LI><A HREF="#Filtering">Filtering</A></LI>
     <LI><A HREF="#Clustering">Clustering</A></LI>
     <LI><A HREF="#Routing">Routing</A></LI>

+    <LI><A HREF="#AvoidingFragmentation">Avoiding Fragmentation</A></LI>

     <LI><A HREF="#Performance">Performance</A></LI>
 </OL>
 
     <LI><A HREF="#Performance">Performance</A></LI>
 </OL>
 


@@ -191,14 +192,6 @@ user, both a primary and a secondary.  If either is set to 0.0.0.0, then that
 one will not be sent.
 </LI>
 
 one will not be sent.
 </LI>
 

-<LI><B>save_state</B> (boolean)<BR>
-When l2tpns receives a STGTERM it will write out its current
-ip_address_pool, session and tunnel tables to disk prior to exiting to
-be re-loaded at startup.  The validity of this data is obviously quite
-short and the intent is to allow an sessions to be retained over a
-software upgrade.
-</LI>
-

 <LI><B>primary_radius</B> (ip address)
 <LI><B>secondary_radius</B> (ip address)<BR>
 Sets the RADIUS servers used for both authentication and accounting. 
 <LI><B>primary_radius</B> (ip address)
 <LI><B>secondary_radius</B> (ip address)<BR>
 Sets the RADIUS servers used for both authentication and accounting. 


@@ -231,6 +224,22 @@ This secret will be used in all RADIUS queries.  If this is not set then
 RADIUS queries will fail.
 </LI>
 
 RADIUS queries will fail.
 </LI>
 

+<LI><B>radius_authtypes</B> (string)</BR>
+A comma separated list of supported RADIUS authentication methods
+(<B>pap</B> or <B>chap</B>), in order of preference (default <B>pap</B>).
+</LI>
+
+<LI><B>radius_dae_port</B> (short)<BR>
+Port for DAE RADIUS (Packet of Death/Disconnect, Change of Authorization)
+requests (default: <B>3799</B>).
+</LI>
+
+<LI><B>allow_duplicate_users</B> (boolean)</BR>
+Allow multiple logins with the same username.  If false (the default),
+any prior session with the same username will be dropped when a new
+session is established.
+</LI>
+

 <LI><B>bind_address</B> (ip address)<BR>
 When the tun interface is created, it is assigned the address
 specified here.  If no address is given, 1.1.1.1 is used.  Packets
 <LI><B>bind_address</B> (ip address)<BR>
 When the tun interface is created, it is assigned the address
 specified here.  If no address is given, 1.1.1.1 is used.  Packets


@@ -282,10 +291,6 @@ second.  Even if this is disabled, you can see this information by running
 the <EM>uptime</EM> command on the CLI.
 </LI>
 
 the <EM>uptime</EM> command on the CLI.
 </LI>
 

-<LI><B>cleanup_interval</B> (int)<BR>
-Interval between regular cleanups (in seconds).
-</LI>
-

 <LI><B>multi_read_count</B> (int)<BR>
 Number of packets to read off each of the UDP and TUN fds when
 returned as readable by select (default:  10).  Avoids incurring the
 <LI><B>multi_read_count</B> (int)<BR>
 Number of packets to read off each of the UDP and TUN fds when
 returned as readable by select (default:  10).  Avoids incurring the


@@ -332,6 +337,11 @@ Cluster heartbeat timeout in tenths of a second.  A new master will be
 elected when this interval has been passed without seeing a heartbeat
 from the master.
 </LI>
 elected when this interval has been passed without seeing a heartbeat
 from the master.
 </LI>

+
+<LI><B>cluster_master_min_adv</B> (int)<BR>
+Determines the minumum number of up to date slaves required before the
+master will drop routes (default: 1).
+</LI>

 </UL>
 
 <P>BGP routing configuration is entered by the command:
 </UL>
 
 <P>BGP routing configuration is entered by the command:


@@ -691,16 +701,15 @@ killall -HUP l2tpns
 </PRE>
 
 The signals understood are:
 </PRE>
 
 The signals understood are:

-<UL>
-<LI>SIGHUP - Reload the config from disk and re-open log file<P></LI>
-<LI>SIGTERM / SIGINT - Shut down for a restart.  This will dump the current
-state to disk (if <EM>save_state</EM> is set to true).  Upon restart, the
-process will read this saved state to resume active sessions.<P>
-<LI>SIGQUIT - Shut down cleanly.  This will send a disconnect message for
-every active session and tunnel before shutting down.  This is a good idea
-when upgrading the code, as no sessions will be left with the remote end
-thinking they are open.</LI>
-</UL>
+<DL>
+<DT>SIGHUP</DT><DD>Reload the config from disk and re-open log file.</DD>
+<DT>SIGTERM, SIGINT</DT><DD>Stop process.  Tunnels and sessions are not
+terminated.  This signal should be used to stop l2tpns on a
+<A HREF="#Clustering">cluster node</A> where there are other machines to
+continue handling traffic.</DD>
+<DT>SIGQUIT</DT><DD>Shut down tunnels and sessions, exit process when
+complete.</DD>
+</DL>

 
 <H2 ID="Throttling">Throttling</H2>
 
 
 <H2 ID="Throttling">Throttling</H2>
 


@@ -1030,6 +1039,22 @@ ibgp" for IBGP.  If this is not supported by your IOS revision, you
 can use "maximum-paths" (which works for EBGP) and set
 <B>as_number</B> to a private value such as 64512.<P>
 
 can use "maximum-paths" (which works for EBGP) and set
 <B>as_number</B> to a private value such as 64512.<P>
 

+<H2 ID="AvoidingFragmentation">Avoiding Fragmentation</H2>
+
+Fragmentation of encapsulated return packets to the LAC may be avoided
+for TCP sessions by adding a firewall rule to clamps the MSS on
+outgoing SYN packets.
+
+The following is appropriate for interfaces with a typical MTU of
+1500:
+
+<pre>
+iptables -A FORWARD -i tun+ -o eth0    \
+    -p tcp --tcp-flags SYN,RST SYN     \
+    -m tcpmss --mss 1413:1600          \
+    -j TCPMSS --set-mss 1412
+</pre>
+

 <H2 ID="Performance">Performance</H2>
 
 Performance is great.<P>
 <H2 ID="Performance">Performance</H2>
 
 Performance is great.<P>