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Diffstat (limited to 'net/ipv4')
| -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 691268f3a35..10c944d4248 100644 --- a/net/ipv4/Kconfig +++ b/net/ipv4/Kconfig @@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ config IP_ADVANCED_ROUTER at boot time after the /proc file system has been mounted. - If you turn on IP forwarding, you will also get the rp_filter, which + If you turn on IP forwarding, you should consider the rp_filter, which automatically rejects incoming packets if the routing table entry for their source address doesn't match the network interface they're arriving on. This has security advantages because it prevents the @@ -46,9 +46,11 @@ config IP_ADVANCED_ROUTER rp_filter on use: echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/<device>/rp_filter - or + and echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/all/rp_filter + Note that some distributions enable it in startup scripts. + If unsure, say N here. choice |