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author | Jesper Dangaard Brouer <hawk@comx.dk> | 2009-02-22 03:06:20 -0500 |
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committer | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2009-02-22 22:54:47 -0500 |
commit | b2cc46a8ee905d1d642e01761939879c495e3e3a (patch) | |
tree | 53de67ae5f324440b9a2c5ecc1c9722a5ae4c86a /net/ipv4/Kconfig | |
parent | 0117cfabe3ba9b430c6ff6eecd4fdc569977f24f (diff) |
ipv4: Fix rp_filter description in net/ipv4/Kconfig.
The reverse path filter (rp_filter) will NOT get enabled
when enabling forwarding. Read the code and tested in
in practice.
Most distributions do enable it in startup scripts.
Signed-off-by: Jesper Dangaard Brouer <hawk@comx.dk>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'net/ipv4/Kconfig')
-rw-r--r-- | net/ipv4/Kconfig | 6 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/net/ipv4/Kconfig b/net/ipv4/Kconfig index 691268f3a359..10c944d42488 100644 --- a/net/ipv4/Kconfig +++ b/net/ipv4/Kconfig | |||
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ config IP_ADVANCED_ROUTER | |||
35 | 35 | ||
36 | at boot time after the /proc file system has been mounted. | 36 | at boot time after the /proc file system has been mounted. |
37 | 37 | ||
38 | If you turn on IP forwarding, you will also get the rp_filter, which | 38 | If you turn on IP forwarding, you should consider the rp_filter, which |
39 | automatically rejects incoming packets if the routing table entry | 39 | automatically rejects incoming packets if the routing table entry |
40 | for their source address doesn't match the network interface they're | 40 | for their source address doesn't match the network interface they're |
41 | arriving on. This has security advantages because it prevents the | 41 | arriving on. This has security advantages because it prevents the |
@@ -46,9 +46,11 @@ config IP_ADVANCED_ROUTER | |||
46 | rp_filter on use: | 46 | rp_filter on use: |
47 | 47 | ||
48 | echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/<device>/rp_filter | 48 | echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/<device>/rp_filter |
49 | or | 49 | and |
50 | echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/all/rp_filter | 50 | echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/all/rp_filter |
51 | 51 | ||
52 | Note that some distributions enable it in startup scripts. | ||
53 | |||
52 | If unsure, say N here. | 54 | If unsure, say N here. |
53 | 55 | ||
54 | choice | 56 | choice |