Date: Mon, 22 May 2000 11:01:35 -0600 From: Warner Losh <imp@village.org> To: Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com> Cc: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@flood.ping.uio.no>, Dan Moschuk <dan@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/conf options src/sys/i386/conf LINT src/sys/netinet ip_icmp.c Message-ID: <200005221701.LAA96199@harmony.village.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 22 May 2000 09:47:42 PDT." <200005221647.JAA60817@apollo.backplane.com> References: <200005221647.JAA60817@apollo.backplane.com> <200005221500.IAA44122@freefall.freebsd.org> <xzppuqemxcv.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>
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In message <200005221647.JAA60817@apollo.backplane.com> Matthew Dillon writes: : That said, I would rather see it as a kernel option (as it was committed) : rather then a sysctl variable, because I think a sysctl variable would : just be a waste of space. Actually, I can see it as a valuable tool. If I weren't under attack, and then I was attacked, I'd want to turn off the messages as soon as I was sure that I was under attack to prevent my log files filling up too quickly. Once the attack was over, or I had put other mitigation proceedures in place, I'd want to turn it back on again to see when the next attack comes. Warner To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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