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author | Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de> | 2010-06-02 20:42:30 -0400 |
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committer | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2010-06-04 18:56:01 -0400 |
commit | 57f1553ee5d9f093660cc49098f494e17ed11668 (patch) | |
tree | 95387158da48c4dde7bb17477f87944c13e2456f /net/ipv4 | |
parent | ca739481662137b8f717bc21f16719cda3c33d6b (diff) |
syncookies: remove Kconfig text line about disabled-by-default
syncookies default to on since
e994b7c901ded7200b525a707c6da71f2cf6d4bb
(tcp: Don't make syn cookies initial setting depend on CONFIG_SYSCTL).
Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'net/ipv4')
-rw-r--r-- | net/ipv4/Kconfig | 10 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/net/ipv4/Kconfig b/net/ipv4/Kconfig index 8e3a1fd938ab..7c3a7d191249 100644 --- a/net/ipv4/Kconfig +++ b/net/ipv4/Kconfig | |||
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ config ARPD | |||
303 | If unsure, say N. | 303 | If unsure, say N. |
304 | 304 | ||
305 | config SYN_COOKIES | 305 | config SYN_COOKIES |
306 | bool "IP: TCP syncookie support (disabled per default)" | 306 | bool "IP: TCP syncookie support" |
307 | ---help--- | 307 | ---help--- |
308 | Normal TCP/IP networking is open to an attack known as "SYN | 308 | Normal TCP/IP networking is open to an attack known as "SYN |
309 | flooding". This denial-of-service attack prevents legitimate remote | 309 | flooding". This denial-of-service attack prevents legitimate remote |
@@ -328,13 +328,13 @@ config SYN_COOKIES | |||
328 | server is really overloaded. If this happens frequently better turn | 328 | server is really overloaded. If this happens frequently better turn |
329 | them off. | 329 | them off. |
330 | 330 | ||
331 | If you say Y here, note that SYN cookies aren't enabled by default; | 331 | If you say Y here, you can disable SYN cookies at run time by |
332 | you can enable them by saying Y to "/proc file system support" and | 332 | saying Y to "/proc file system support" and |
333 | "Sysctl support" below and executing the command | 333 | "Sysctl support" below and executing the command |
334 | 334 | ||
335 | echo 1 >/proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_syncookies | 335 | echo 0 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_syncookies |
336 | 336 | ||
337 | at boot time after the /proc file system has been mounted. | 337 | after the /proc file system has been mounted. |
338 | 338 | ||
339 | If unsure, say N. | 339 | If unsure, say N. |
340 | 340 | ||