Date: Mon, 16 Aug 1999 18:44:39 -0700 (PDT) From: "Brian W. Buchanan" <brian@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU> To: Archie Cobbs <archie@whistle.com> Cc: Geoff Rehmet <geoffr@is.co.za>, "'current@freebsd.org'" <current@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Dropping connections without RST Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9908161843160.47836-100000@smarter.than.nu> In-Reply-To: <199908170133.SAA25256@bubba.whistle.com>
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On Mon, 16 Aug 1999, Archie Cobbs wrote:
> Geoff Rehmet writes:
> > After the discussions regarding the "log_in_vain"
> > sysctls, I was thinking about a feature I would
> > like to implement:
> >
> > Instead of sending a RST (for TCP) or Port Unreachable
> > (for UDP) where the box is not listening on a socket,
> > I would like to implement a sysctl, which disables the
> > sending of the RST or the Port unreachable. This is
> > behaviour that I have described is displayed.
> >
> > Can anyone think of any reason why this feature should
> > not be implemented?
>
> I like that idea... net.inet.{tcp,udp}.drop_in_vain ?
Why do we need a sysctl knob for this when it can be easily accomplished
with IPFW?
--
Brian Buchanan brian@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU
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