Expand definition of 'established' and 'icmptypes.' Correct examples
which still used the old syntax. Add a pointer to the CERT packet
filtering checklist.
Prevent ALL protocol from being used with port specifications.
Allow 'via' keyword at any point in the options list. Disallow
multiple 'via' specifications.
hash table size from 256 to 1024.
Generate output that looks more like the SunOS mknetid: uses a space
instead of tabs for white space.
Fix typo in comment in hash.h: Groupit -> Groupid.
was due to non-aligned 64K transfers taking 17 pages. We currently
do not support >16 page transfers. The transfer is unfortunately truncated,
but since buffers are usually malloced, this is a problem only once in
a while. Savecore is a culprit, but tar/cpio usually aren't. This
is NOT the final fix (which is likely a bouncing scheme), but will at
least keep the system from crashing.
Re-enables the RSS limiting, and the routine is now tail-recursive,
making it much more safe (eliminates the possiblity of kernel stack
overflow.) Also, the RSS limiting is a little more intelligent about
finding the likely objects that are pushing the process over the limit.
Added some sysctls that help with VM system tuning.
New sysctl features:
1) Enable/disable lru pageout algorithm.
vm.pageout_algorithm = 0, default algorithm that works
well, especially using X windows and heavy
memory loading. Can have adverse effects,
sometimes slowing down program loading.
vm.pageout_algorithm = 1, close to true LRU. Works much
better than clock, etc. Does not work as well as
the default algorithm in general. Certain memory
"malloc" type benchmarks work a little better with
this setting.
Please give me feedback on the performance results
associated with these.
2) Enable/disable swapping.
vm.swapping_enabled = 1, default.
vm.swapping_enabled = 0, useful for cases where swapping
degrades performance.
The config option "NO_SWAPPING" is still operative, and
takes precedence over the sysctl. If "NO_SWAPPING" is
specified, the sysctl still exists, but "vm.swapping_enabled"
is hard-wired to "0".
Each of these can be changed "on the fly."