From owner-freebsd-net Thu Apr 25 21: 0: 5 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from elvis.mu.org (elvis.mu.org [192.203.228.196]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AEDCE37B416 for ; Thu, 25 Apr 2002 21:00:01 -0700 (PDT) Received: by elvis.mu.org (Postfix, from userid 1192) id 9DA7DAE27F; Thu, 25 Apr 2002 21:00:01 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2002 21:00:01 -0700 From: Alfred Perlstein To: "George V. Neville-Neil" Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Putting all PCBs into sysctl? Message-ID: <20020426040001.GB1530@elvis.mu.org> References: <200204260302.g3Q32lV4012073@mail.meer.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200204260302.g3Q32lV4012073@mail.meer.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.27i Sender: owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org * George V. Neville-Neil [020425 20:02] wrote: > Hey Folks, > > I was just wondering if anyone had considered making it possible to > control PCBs from the sysctl interface? I'm not completely familiar with > sysctl yet, is it possible to add information to the database dynamically? > > It would be nice to be able to disconnect, or modify, long running > connections, > for instance on a machine under DOS attack or perhaps for debugging. > > Just an idea... A very good one in fact, see what you can do, I'd be interested in seeing patches to do this safely. -- -Alfred Perlstein [alfred@freebsd.org] 'Instead of asking why a piece of software is using "1970s technology," start asking why software is ignoring 30 years of accumulated wisdom.' Tax deductible donations for FreeBSD: http://www.freebsdfoundation.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message