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author | silby <silby@FreeBSD.org> | 2002-04-10 19:52:21 +0000 |
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committer | silby <silby@FreeBSD.org> | 2002-04-10 19:52:21 +0000 |
commit | d6ba2b5d3e20ae7d4318a9293e916f1aae56ae4e (patch) | |
tree | 59071a27c8ba10f2e3caa9c619cae4b7cbb31e7e /share/man/man4/tcp.4 | |
parent | 4b0ec653ac7bfe1f8ed7c45e45567a13219c16f1 (diff) | |
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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
Diffstat (limited to 'share/man/man4/tcp.4')
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1 files changed, 4 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man4/tcp.4 b/share/man/man4/tcp.4 index c3dd69b..c42216a 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/tcp.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/tcp.4 @@ -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. |