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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt')
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diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt index 73b36d7c7..9ae929395 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt @@ -63,6 +63,16 @@ fwmark_reflect - BOOLEAN fwmark of the packet they are replying to. Default: 0 +fib_multipath_use_neigh - BOOLEAN + Use status of existing neighbor entry when determining nexthop for + multipath routes. If disabled, neighbor information is not used and + packets could be directed to a failed nexthop. Only valid for kernels + built with CONFIG_IP_ROUTE_MULTIPATH enabled. + Default: 0 (disabled) + Possible values: + 0 - disabled + 1 - enabled + route/max_size - INTEGER Maximum number of routes allowed in the kernel. Increase this when using large numbers of interfaces and/or routes. @@ -946,15 +956,20 @@ igmp_max_memberships - INTEGER The value 5459 assumes no IP header options, so in practice this number may be lower. - conf/interface/* changes special settings per interface (where - "interface" is the name of your network interface) - - conf/all/* is special, changes the settings for all interfaces +igmp_max_msf - INTEGER + Maximum number of addresses allowed in the source filter list for a + multicast group. + Default: 10 igmp_qrv - INTEGER - Controls the IGMP query robustness variable (see RFC2236 8.1). - Default: 2 (as specified by RFC2236 8.1) - Minimum: 1 (as specified by RFC6636 4.5) + Controls the IGMP query robustness variable (see RFC2236 8.1). + Default: 2 (as specified by RFC2236 8.1) + Minimum: 1 (as specified by RFC6636 4.5) + +conf/interface/* changes special settings per interface (where +"interface" is the name of your network interface) + +conf/all/* is special, changes the settings for all interfaces log_martians - BOOLEAN Log packets with impossible addresses to kernel log. @@ -1021,15 +1036,17 @@ proxy_arp_pvlan - BOOLEAN shared_media - BOOLEAN Send(router) or accept(host) RFC1620 shared media redirects. - Overrides ip_secure_redirects. + Overrides secure_redirects. shared_media for the interface will be enabled if at least one of conf/{all,interface}/shared_media is set to TRUE, it will be disabled otherwise default TRUE secure_redirects - BOOLEAN - Accept ICMP redirect messages only for gateways, - listed in default gateway list. + Accept ICMP redirect messages only to gateways listed in the + interface's current gateway list. Even if disabled, RFC1122 redirect + rules still apply. + Overridden by shared_media. secure_redirects for the interface will be enabled if at least one of conf/{all,interface}/secure_redirects is set to TRUE, it will be disabled otherwise @@ -1216,6 +1233,19 @@ promote_secondaries - BOOLEAN promote a corresponding secondary IP address instead of removing all the corresponding secondary IP addresses. +drop_unicast_in_l2_multicast - BOOLEAN + Drop any unicast IP packets that are received in link-layer + multicast (or broadcast) frames. + This behavior (for multicast) is actually a SHOULD in RFC + 1122, but is disabled by default for compatibility reasons. + Default: off (0) + +drop_gratuitous_arp - BOOLEAN + Drop all gratuitous ARP frames, for example if there's a known + good ARP proxy on the network and such frames need not be used + (or in the case of 802.11, must not be used to prevent attacks.) + Default: off (0) + tag - INTEGER Allows you to write a number, which can be used as required. @@ -1550,6 +1580,15 @@ temp_prefered_lft - INTEGER Preferred lifetime (in seconds) for temporary addresses. Default: 86400 (1 day) +keep_addr_on_down - INTEGER + Keep all IPv6 addresses on an interface down event. If set static + global addresses with no expiration time are not flushed. + >0 : enabled + 0 : system default + <0 : disabled + + Default: 0 (addresses are removed) + max_desync_factor - INTEGER Maximum value for DESYNC_FACTOR, which is a random value that ensures that clients don't synchronize with each @@ -1661,6 +1700,19 @@ stable_secret - IPv6 address By default the stable secret is unset. +drop_unicast_in_l2_multicast - BOOLEAN + Drop any unicast IPv6 packets that are received in link-layer + multicast (or broadcast) frames. + + By default this is turned off. + +drop_unsolicited_na - BOOLEAN + Drop all unsolicited neighbor advertisements, for example if there's + a known good NA proxy on the network and such frames need not be used + (or in the case of 802.11, must not be used to prevent attacks.) + + By default this is turned off. + icmp/*: ratelimit - INTEGER Limit the maximal rates for sending ICMPv6 packets. |