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Date:      Sun, 2 Mar 2003 11:47:38 +0000
From:      Bruce Cran <bruce@cran.org.uk>
To:        "Remington L." <madriax@garlic.com>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Blackholes?
Message-ID:  <20030302114738.GA3615@fourtytwo.brucec.backnet>
In-Reply-To: <000401c2e0a3$c3ff3a50$0a5efea9@SHMOOPIE>
References:  <000401c2e0a3$c3ff3a50$0a5efea9@SHMOOPIE>

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On Sun, Mar 02, 2003 at 02:08:52AM -0800, Remington L. wrote:
> I noticed that all values 1+ in sysctl net.inet.tcp(udp).blackhole= are
> valid. If 0 is off and 1 is on, what is 2+. What purpose does this
> server, I cant find documentation of this anywhwere
> 

man blackhole :-)

A value of 1 makes it drop SYN packets only, a value of 2 makes it drop
whole segments without sending an RST.

Bruce Cran

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