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authorsilby <silby@FreeBSD.org>2002-04-10 19:52:21 +0000
committersilby <silby@FreeBSD.org>2002-04-10 19:52:21 +0000
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Update documentation relating to sysctls in a post-syncache
world. Goodbye tcp.tcp_lq_overflow and tcp.strict_rfc1948, hello tcp.syncookies. MFC after: 3 days
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@@ -255,13 +255,6 @@ state.
Flush packets in the
.Tn TCP
reassembly queue if the system is low on mbufs.
-.\"
-.\" This option should go away and become the default.
-.\"
-.It tcp.tcp_lq_overflow
-If a connection is dropped due to a listen queue overflow, delete the
-cloned route associated with the connection if it does not have any
-prior information.
.It tcp.blackhole
If enabled, disable sending of RST when a connection is attempted
to a port where there is not a socket accepting connections.
@@ -290,12 +283,10 @@ in the
.It tcp.pcbcount
Number of active process control blocks
(read-only).
-.It tcp.strict_rfc1948
-Enable strict RFC 1948 (Defending Against Sequence Number Attacks)
-compliance.
-Setting this variable to a non-zero value will disable reseeding and
-will disable the use of randomized initial sequence numbers in favor
-of MD5-generated initial sequence numbers.
+.It tcp.syncookies
+Determines whether or not syn cookies should be generated for
+outbound syn-ack packets. Syn cookies are a great help during
+syn flood attacks, and are enabled by default.
.It tcp.isn_reseed_interval
The interval (in seconds) specifying how often the secret data used in
RFC 1948 initial sequence number calculations should be reseeded.
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