From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] Doc: Fix rp_filter description in net/ipv4/Kconfig. Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2009 00:06:56 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <20090222.000656.74298101.davem@davemloft.net> References: <1235141957.2351.37.camel@localhost.localdomain> <1235142193.2351.41.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org To: jdb@comx.dk Return-path: Received: from 74-93-104-97-Washington.hfc.comcastbusiness.net ([74.93.104.97]:47263 "EHLO sunset.davemloft.net" rhost-flags-OK-FAIL-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751969AbZBVIHP (ORCPT ); Sun, 22 Feb 2009 03:07:15 -0500 In-Reply-To: <1235142193.2351.41.camel@localhost.localdomain> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: From: Jesper Dangaard Brouer Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2009 16:03:13 +0100 > Author: Jesper Dangaard Brouer > Date: Fri Feb 20 15:20:57 2009 +0100 > > Doc: Fix rp_filter description in net/ipv4/Kconfig. > > The reverse path filter (rp_filter) will NOT get enabled > when enabling forwarding. Read the code and tested in > in practice. > > Most distributions does enable it in startup scripts. > > Signed-off-by: Jesper Dangaard Brouer Applied, thanks Jesper. Could you write a follow-on patch that accounts for the change Stephen just made in net-next-2.6 which allows strong vs. weak rp filtering? Thanks.