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authorPatrick McHardy2009-12-03 01:25:58 +0000
committerDavid S. Miller2009-12-03 12:14:38 -0800
commit8153a10c08f1312af563bb92532002e46d3f504a (patch)
tree95b6d05500f6b5e4f2031d8c83ce4fe5f24df61d /Documentation
parent5adef1809147a9c39119ffd5a13a1ca4fe23a411 (diff)
ipv4 05/05: add sysctl to accept packets with local source addresses
commit 8ec1e0ebe26087bfc5c0394ada5feb5758014fc8 Author: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net> Date: Thu Dec 3 12:16:35 2009 +0100 ipv4: add sysctl to accept packets with local source addresses Change fib_validate_source() to accept packets with a local source address when the "accept_local" sysctl is set for the incoming inet device. Combined with the previous patches, this allows to communicate between multiple local interfaces over the wire. Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt6
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
index 989f5538b8dd..006b39dec87d 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
@@ -731,6 +731,12 @@ accept_source_route - BOOLEAN
default TRUE (router)
FALSE (host)
+accept_local - BOOLEAN
+ Accept packets with local source addresses. In combination with
+ suitable routing, this can be used to direct packets between two
+ local interfaces over the wire and have them accepted properly.
+ default FALSE
+
rp_filter - INTEGER
0 - No source validation.
1 - Strict mode as defined in RFC3704 Strict Reverse Path