cvs commit: src/sys/netinet ip_fastfwd.c ip_input.c ip_var.h

[Darren Reed]

On Thu, May 06, 2004 at 01:58:54PM -0500, Jacques A. Vidrine wrote:
> On Thu, May 06, 2004 at 11:46:03AM -0700, Andre Oppermann wrote:
> >   Provide the sysctl net.inet.ip.process_options to control the processing
> >   of IP options.
> >   
> >    net.inet.ip.process_options=0  Ignore IP options and pass packets unmodified.
> >    net.inet.ip.process_options=1  Process all IP options (default).
> >    net.inet.ip.process_options=2  Reject all packets with IP options with ICMP
> >     filter prohibited message.
> >   
> >   This sysctl affects packets destined for the local host as well as those
> >   only transiting through the host (routing).
> >   
> >   IP options do not have any legitimate purpose anymore and are only used
> >   to circumvent firewalls or to exploit certain behaviours or bugs in TCP/IP
> >   stacks.
> 
> Yay!
> Shall we have the default be `2 Reject all packets with IP options...' ?
> I think so.

It is disturbing to think that with 3 firewall solutions in the kernel,
basic features they provide, such as this, still get implemented as code.

Darren