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 -- Edwin Groothuis | Interested in MUDs? Visit Fatal Dimensions: mavetju@chello.nl | http://fataldimensions.nl.eu.org/ ------------------+ telnet://fataldimensions.nl.eu.org:4000 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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