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authorsilby <silby@FreeBSD.org>2004-04-22 08:49:51 +0000
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Document the net.inet.ip.portrange.randomized sysctl.
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@@ -324,6 +324,13 @@ Changing these values departs from
tradition and has security
consequences that the administrator should carefully evaluate before
modifying these settings.
+.Pp
+Ports are allocated at random within the specified port range in order
+to increase the difficulty of random spoofing attacks. In scenarios
+such as benchmarking, this behavior may be undesireable. In these
+cases,
+.Va net.inet.ip.portrange.randomized
+can be used to toggle randomization off.
.Ss "Multicast Options"
.Pp
.Tn IP
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