From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754123AbbIWSPi (ORCPT ); Wed, 23 Sep 2015 14:15:38 -0400 Received: from shards.monkeyblade.net ([149.20.54.216]:44281 "EHLO shards.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753809AbbIWSPe (ORCPT ); Wed, 23 Sep 2015 14:15:34 -0400 Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2015 11:15:34 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <20150923.111534.560140422263992933.davem@davemloft.net> To: matteo@openwrt.org Cc: eric.dumazet@gmail.com, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH v4] add stealth mode From: David Miller In-Reply-To: <1443025932-30386-1-git-send-email-matteo@openwrt.org> References: <1442401882.4116.52.camel@edumazet-glaptop2.roam.corp.google.com> <1443025932-30386-1-git-send-email-matteo@openwrt.org> X-Mailer: Mew version 6.7 on Emacs 24.5 / Mule 6.0 (HANACHIRUSATO) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.5.12 (shards.monkeyblade.net [149.20.54.216]); Wed, 23 Sep 2015 11:15:34 -0700 (PDT) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: Matteo Croce Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2015 18:32:12 +0200 > Add option to disable any reply not related to a listening socket, > like RST/ACK for TCP and ICMP Port-Unreachable for UDP. > Also disables ICMP replies to echo request and timestamp. > The stealth mode can be enabled selectively for a single interface. > > Signed-off-by: Matteo Croce I don't want to see any more submissions of this feature patch, sorry. I am convinced, based upon other's arguments, that netfilter can provide this facility wholly. So until you can convince us otherwise, your patch is inappropriate. Thanks.