On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 3:21 AM, Alexander Leidinger
<alexan...@leidinger.net> wrote:
> Quoting Freddie Cash <fjwc...@gmail.com> (from Tue, 14 Feb 2012 08:26:54
> -0800):
>
>> On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 7:43 AM, Ian Smith <smi...@nimnet.asn.au> wrote:
>>>
>>> On Tue, 14 Feb 2012 2:37:55 +0100, Alexander Leidinger wrote:
>>>  > 1 IPSTEALTH                      -> changes ipfw module only?
>>>
>>> I don't think this is specific to ipfw.  From /sys/conf/NOTES:
>>>
>>> # IPSTEALTH enables code to support stealth forwarding (i.e., forwarding
>>> # packets without touching the TTL).  This can be useful to hide
>>> firewalls
>>> # from traceroute and similar tools.
>>>
>>> But can it be disabled once added to kernel?  It's no good as a default.
>>
>>
>> It's controllable via sysctl once it's compiled into the kernel.  If
>> it's not compiled into the kernel, then the sysctl doesn't exist.
>
>
> Is it the following?
> net.inet.ip.stealth=0

Yeah, that's the one.
-- 
Freddie Cash
fjwc...@gmail.com
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