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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt | 11 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt index 99d0e0504d6..47b6c79e9b0 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt @@ -857,9 +857,14 @@ accept_source_route - BOOLEAN FALSE (host) accept_local - BOOLEAN - Accept packets with local source addresses. In combination with - suitable routing, this can be used to direct packets between two - local interfaces over the wire and have them accepted properly. + Accept packets with local source addresses. In combination + with suitable routing, this can be used to direct packets + between two local interfaces over the wire and have them + accepted properly. + + rp_filter must be set to a non-zero value in order for + accept_local to have an effect. + default FALSE route_localnet - BOOLEAN |