Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 26 Apr 1999 07:31:31 -0400 (EDT) | From | "Steven N. Hirsch" <> | Subject | Re: 2.2.6 breaks one-way cable modem (sb1000) |
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On Sun, 25 Apr 1999, Illuminatus Primus wrote:
> Aha! > > In Debian 2.1, /etc/init.d/netbase contains: > # This is the best method: turn on Source Address Verification and get > # spoof protection on all current and future interfaces. > if [ -e /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/all/rp_filter ]; then > echo -n "Setting up IP spoofing protection..." > for f in /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/*/rp_filter; do > echo 1 > $f > done > echo "done." > fi > > I was wondering why my rp_filter was defaulting to 1 when > Documentation/proc.txt clearly said that it defaulted to 0. > > However, I still don't know exactly why this only happens in 2.2.6 and > not 2.2.0. Diffs between the two trees don't contain the text > "rp_filter" at all. Perhaps it was a higher-up reorganization of the > /proc hierarchy..
Thanks for digging that up. I'll file this away in my expert system (between my ears) for the next time someone yells about it <g>.
I only use RedHat here and their init scripts leave rp_filter alone.
Steve
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