David Clymer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Someone has been trying to convice me that advising someone to use > sysctl or sysctl.conf to query, or set kernel parameters is dangerous, > or unsupported in Debian. In particular, enabling/disabling ip > forwarding. I happen to think this is BS.
'Sounds like BS to me too. Stock Sarge includes: net.ipv4.conf.all.rp_filter = 1 net.ipv4.tcp_syncookies = 1 in /etc/sysctl.conf -- Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced. (*) http://www.spots.ab.ca/~keeling Linux Counter #80292 - - http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1855.html Please, don't Cc: me. Spammers! http://www.spots.ab.ca/~keeling/emails.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]