Subject Gating

The router configuration determines the set of public subjects that can potentially pass between the routing daemon and the local network:

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Export subjects can flow out from the local network to the routing daemon, and from there to other networks.

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Import subjects can flow into the local network from the routing daemon.

Gating of System Subjects

As a rule, routing daemons do not forward Rendezvous system subjects (such as _RV.> and _RVRD.>). If you specify these subjects for export or import, the router ignores them.

However, system subjects required for feature operation (such as _RVCM.> and _RVFT.>) are the exception to this rule. Routing daemons do forward these subjects, and you can specify them for export and import.

Point-to-Point Gating

Routing daemons automatically transmit point-to-point messages as appropriate:

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When a routing daemon receives a point-to-point message whose destination is elsewhere in the global routing table, it forwards that message to the routing daemon that serves the destination network.

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When a routing daemon receives a point-to-point message whose destination is in one of its local networks, it forwards that message directly to rvd on the destination computer.

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Administrators do not need to explicitly import or export inbox subject names.