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