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

Andre Oppermann andre at freebsd.org
Thu May 6 12:17:38 PDT 2004


"Jacques A. Vidrine" wrote:
> 
> On Thu, May 06, 2004 at 11:46:03AM -0700, Andre Oppermann wrote:
> > andre       2004/05/06 11:46:03 PDT
> >
> >   FreeBSD src repository
> >
> >   Modified files:
> >     sys/netinet          ip_fastfwd.c ip_input.c ip_var.h
> >   Log:
> >   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.
> >
> >   Reviewed by:    sam (mentor)
> 
> Yay!
> Shall we have the default be `2 Reject all packets with IP options...' ?
> I think so.

Please restate your opinion in the separate thread I just started on -current
and -net.  :-)

-- 
Andre


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