Document net.inet.tcp.syncookies_only using a description taken from

tcp_syncache.c revision 1.99 of andre's commit log.

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Tom Rhodes 2008-01-22 18:35:23 +00:00
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@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
.\"
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
.Dd December 18, 2007
.Dd January 22, 2008
.Dt SYNCACHE 4
.Os
.Sh NAME
@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ MIBs for controlling TCP SYN caching
.Bl -item -compact
.It
.Nm sysctl Cm net.inet.tcp.syncookies
.It
.Nm sysctl Cm net.inet.tcp.syncoockies_only
.El
.Pp
.Bl -item -compact
@ -98,6 +100,14 @@ an attacker to ACK flood a machine in an attempt to create a connection.
While steps have been taken to mitigate this risk, this may provide a way
to bypass firewalls which filter incoming segments with the SYN bit set.
.Pp
To disable the
.Nm syncache
and run only with
.Nm syncookies ,
set
.Va net.inet.tcp.syncookies_only
to 1.
.Pp
The
.Nm
implements a number of variables in