openbgpds not talking each other since 8.2-STABLE upgrade

[Borja Marcos]

On Jan 3, 2012, at 4:29 PM, Ed Maste wrote:

> Thanks for the link Nikolay.
> 
> Borja, I assume it's the PR submission form that gave you trouble -
> sorry for that.  Based on your report it sounds to me like the bug is
> in OpenBGPd itself.  If it works on OpenBSD with the TCP_MD5SIG option
> though I'd assume it's due to a difference in our (FreeBSD's)
> implementation of the option.  Did you look at the OpenBSD/FreeBSD
> differences in your investigation?

Both bird and quagga work as expected on FreeBSD. You can leave TCP_MD5 enabled in the kernel. If you specify "password" options for a BGP peer, it will enable TCP_MD5. Of course in FreeBSD it's a bit clumsy and you have to use setkey(8) to set the keys. But it works.




Borja.