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[docs-next] sysctl -- rp_format completed description with filter criteria

Message ID b143fc72-afda-1570-7ac1-1e90461a9859@satchell.net
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Series [docs-next] sysctl -- rp_format completed description with filter criteria | expand

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Stephen Satchell June 10, 2021, 3:45 p.m. UTC 
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  Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst | 7 +++++++
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diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst 
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@@ -1443,6 +1443,13 @@  rp_filter - INTEGER
  	  and if the source address is not reachable via any interface
  	  the packet check will fail.

+	rp_filter will examine the source address of an incoming IP
+	packet by performing an FIB lookup.  In loose mode (value 2),
+	the packet is rejected if the source address is neither
+	UNICAST nor LOCAL(when interface allows) nor IPSEC.  For
+	strict mode (value 1) the interface indicated by the FIB table
+	entry must also match the interface on which the packet arrived.
+
  	Current recommended practice in RFC3704 is to enable strict mode
  	to prevent IP spoofing from DDos attacks. If using asymmetric routing
  	or other complicated routing, then loose mode is recommended.