From owner-cvs-all Mon May 22 10: 2:48 2000 Delivered-To: cvs-all@freebsd.org Received: from rover.village.org (rover.village.org [204.144.255.49]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3FAB837B61F; Mon, 22 May 2000 10:02:38 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from imp@harmony.village.org) Received: from harmony.village.org (harmony.village.org [10.0.0.6]) by rover.village.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id LAA06978; Mon, 22 May 2000 11:02:35 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from imp@harmony.village.org) Received: from harmony.village.org (localhost.village.org [127.0.0.1]) by harmony.village.org (8.9.3/8.8.3) with ESMTP id LAA96199; Mon, 22 May 2000 11:01:35 -0600 (MDT) Message-Id: <200005221701.LAA96199@harmony.village.org> To: Matthew Dillon Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/conf options src/sys/i386/conf LINT src/sys/netinet ip_icmp.c Cc: Dag-Erling Smorgrav , Dan Moschuk , cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.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> Date: Mon, 22 May 2000 11:01:35 -0600 From: Warner Losh Sender: owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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