Method for controlling packet forwarding in a routing device

• US 20070058624A1
• Filed: 01/06/2006
• Published: 03/15/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 07/06/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Cai, Haitao, Ma, Yun
• Application Number:
  US11/327,030
• Publication Number:
  US 20070058624A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/389
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 45/00 Routing or path finding of packets in data switching networks routing or path finding in wireless networks H04W40/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 45/18 Loop-free operations
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/126 the source of the received data

Abstract

The present invention discloses a method for implementing packet forwarding control in routing device, comprising: said routing device getting a source address of a received packet and judging whether said source address is a legal source address; if it is a legal source address, confirming said packet to be a legal packet, and processing said packet with a normal process flow, and otherwise, confirming said packet to be an illegal packet and proceeding to Step b; and said routing device implementing forwarding control for said packet. The present invention solves the problems in the prior art when controlling packet forwarding, such as resource occupation and degradation of processing capability of network communication devices caused by adding data structures or increasing system overheads. The present invention provides a method for controlling packet forwarding, saving the resource of network communication equipment, improving the processing ability of the network communication equipment, and enhancing the security of the network.

Claims

1. A method for implementing packet forwarding control in routing device, comprising the following steps:

(a) routing device getting a source address of a received packet and judging whether said source address is a legal source address;

if it is a legal source address, confirming said packet to be a legal packet, and processing said packet with a normal process flow, and otherwise, confirming said packet to be an illegal packet and proceeding to Step b; and

(b) said routing device implementing forwarding control for said packet.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein step a, said step of judging whether said source address is a legal source address comprises:

said routing device judging whether said source address is a broadcast address, if it is not a broadcast address, confirming said packet to be a legal packet, and otherwise, confirming said packet to be an illegal packet.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein step a, said step of judging whether said source address is a legal source address comprises:

taking the source address as a destination address, and judging whether a route matching to said destination address exists according to destination address routing table in said routing device, if the route matching to said destination address exists, confirming said packet to be a legal packet, and otherwise, confirming said packet to be an illegal packet.

4. The method according to claim 3, further comprising a step between the step of judging whether a route matching to said destination address exists and the step of confirming said packet to be a legal packet, which comprises:

judging whether said route matching to said destination is a black-hole route, a refused route, a broadcast route, or a loop route, if so, confirming said packet to be an illegal packet, and otherwise, confirming said packet to be a legal packet.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein step a, said step of judging whether said source address is a legal source address comprises:

said routing device taking said source address as a destination address, obtaining an output interface corresponding to said destination address in a self-stored destination address routing table, and judging whether said output interface is an input interface through which the routing device receives said packet, if so, confirming said packet to be a legal packet, and otherwise, confirming said packet to be an illegal packet.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein step a, said step of judging whether said source address is a legal source address comprises:

a1. said routing device judging whether the source address is a broadcast address, if it is not a broadcast address, proceeding to step a2, and otherwise, confirming said packet to be an illegal packet;

a2. said routing device taking the source address as a destination address and judging whether a route matching to said destination address exists according to a destination address routing table of the routing device, if so, proceeding to step a3, and otherwise, confirming said source address to be an illegal packet;

a3. said routing device judging whether said route matching to said destination address is a black-hole route, a refused route, a broadcast route, or a loop route, if so, confirming said packet to be an illegal, and otherwise, proceeding to step a4; and

a4. said routing device taking said source address as a destination address, obtaining an output interface corresponding to said destination address in a self-stored destination address routing table, and judging whether said output interface is an input interface through which the routing device receives said packet, if so, confirming said packet to be a legal packet, and otherwise, confirming said packet to be an illegal packet.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein said step b refers to said routing device not forwarding said packet.

8. The method according to claim 7, wherein said routing device not forwarding said packet refers to discarding said packet.

9. The method according to claim 1, wherein said routing device is any one selecting from a group consisting of an access server and a router.

10. The method according to claim 1, wherein said packet comprises an IP packet.