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Date:      Tue, 6 Feb 2001 22:02:51 +0100
From:      Edwin Groothuis <mavetju@chello.nl>
To:        Elliot Finley <efinley@efinley.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: Meaning of net.inet.icmp.icmplim?
Message-ID:  <20010206220251.R62745@d9168.upc-d.chello.nl>
In-Reply-To: <ukl08tom4mtutop5mactl4341sjkn6cjs5@4ax.com>; from efinley@efinley.com on Tue, Feb 06, 2001 at 12:56:50PM -0700
References:  <ukl08tom4mtutop5mactl4341sjkn6cjs5@4ax.com>

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On Tue, Feb 06, 2001 at 12:56:50PM -0700, Elliot Finley wrote:
> I haven't been able to find any documentation that shows what the sysctl
> variable net.inet.icmp.icmplim is for.  If anyone knows, or knows where to look,
> I would appreciate any RTFM (with pointers), or direct clue.

Maybe this from LINT

# ICMP_BANDLIM enables icmp error response bandwidth limiting.   You
# typically want this option as it will help protect the machine from
# D.O.S. packet attacks.
#
options         ICMP_BANDLIM

Edwin
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