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| author | John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> | 2010-07-27 11:59:19 -0400 |
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| committer | John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> | 2010-07-27 11:59:19 -0400 |
| commit | 800f65bba8d2030b3fef62850e203f9f176625a8 (patch) | |
| tree | 6507c4fe7a0826c253b4afb29375ab306a0fd9c8 /net/ipv4/Kconfig | |
| parent | 06b3cda0c12986f5bba578b918b188d731c4e191 (diff) | |
| parent | b3190df628617c7a4f188a9465aeabe1f5761933 (diff) | |
| download | linux-800f65bba8d2030b3fef62850e203f9f176625a8.tar.bz2 | |
Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/holtmann/bluetooth-next-2.6
Conflicts:
drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-commands.h
Diffstat (limited to 'net/ipv4/Kconfig')
| -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 If unsure, say N. config SYN_COOKIES - bool "IP: TCP syncookie support (disabled per default)" + bool "IP: TCP syncookie support" ---help--- Normal TCP/IP networking is open to an attack known as "SYN flooding". This denial-of-service attack prevents legitimate remote @@ -328,13 +328,13 @@ config SYN_COOKIES server is really overloaded. If this happens frequently better turn them off. - If you say Y here, note that SYN cookies aren't enabled by default; - you can enable them by saying Y to "/proc file system support" and + If you say Y here, you can disable SYN cookies at run time by + saying Y to "/proc file system support" and "Sysctl support" below and executing the command - echo 1 >/proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_syncookies + echo 0 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_syncookies - at boot time after the /proc file system has been mounted. + after the /proc file system has been mounted. If unsure, say N. |