Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Mon, 13 Aug 2018 08:42:49 -0700 (PDT) | Subject | Re: [PATCH v2] Add icmp_echo_ignore_all support for ICMPv6 | From | David Miller <> |
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From: Virgile Jarry <virgile@acceis.fr> Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2018 17:48:15 +0200
> Preventing the kernel from responding to ICMP Echo Requests messages > can be useful in several ways. The sysctl parameter > 'icmp_echo_ignore_all' can be used to prevent the kernel from > responding to IPv4 ICMP echo requests. For IPv6 pings, such > a sysctl kernel parameter did not exist. > > Add the ability to prevent the kernel from responding to IPv6 > ICMP echo requests through the use of the following sysctl > parameter : /proc/sys/net/ipv6/icmp/echo_ignore_all. > Update the documentation to reflect this change. > > Signed-off-by: Virgile Jarry <virgile@acceis.fr> > --- > Changes in v2: > - Added support for sysctl interface (and not just /proc filesystem)
Applied.
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