Re: teardrop and Linux as a router

B. James Phillippe (bryan@Terran.ORG)
Sun, 23 Nov 1997 01:23:52 -0800 (PST)


On Sat, 22 Nov 1997, Marcelo Mercio Dandrea wrote:

> Hello There,
>
> Its possible to patch the kernel to not only be resistent to
> teardrop ip frags but also, when the machine has Ip_forwarding compiled
> in, dump these frags instead of passing them along ?
> Sorry if its already this way.
>

Compile with ALWAYS_DEFRAG turned on. You need this for firewalls that
use transparent proxies (you probably always want it on for firewalls
anyway).

cheers,
-bp

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