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| author | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2012-06-30 22:39:27 -0700 |
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| committer | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2012-06-30 22:39:27 -0700 |
| commit | c801e3cc1925e02fa7213889306d4d77e6ad1550 (patch) | |
| tree | ede9d0db5e2e6e2b723bc13688d386192a779f63 | |
| parent | f7eadafb13daa0efcbd9d5fe5e53dcaee21208e8 (diff) | |
ipv4: Clarify in docs that accept_local requires rp_filter.
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt | 11 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt index 99d0e0504d6e..47b6c79e9b05 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt @@ -857,9 +857,14 @@ accept_source_route - BOOLEAN 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. + 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. + + rp_filter must be set to a non-zero value in order for + accept_local to have an effect. + default FALSE route_localnet - BOOLEAN |