From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
To: virgile@acceis.fr
Cc: kuznet@ms2.inr.ac.ru, yoshfuji@linux-ipv6.org,
netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] Add icmp_echo_ignore_all support for ICMPv6
Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2018 08:42:49 -0700 (PDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20180813.084249.2086802236653374160.davem@davemloft.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20180810154815.GA18171@_>
From: Virgile Jarry <virgile@acceis.fr>
Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2018 17:48:15 +0200
> Preventing the kernel from responding to ICMP Echo Requests messages
> can be useful in several ways. The sysctl parameter
> 'icmp_echo_ignore_all' can be used to prevent the kernel from
> responding to IPv4 ICMP echo requests. For IPv6 pings, such
> a sysctl kernel parameter did not exist.
>
> Add the ability to prevent the kernel from responding to IPv6
> ICMP echo requests through the use of the following sysctl
> parameter : /proc/sys/net/ipv6/icmp/echo_ignore_all.
> Update the documentation to reflect this change.
>
> Signed-off-by: Virgile Jarry <virgile@acceis.fr>
> ---
> Changes in v2:
> - Added support for sysctl interface (and not just /proc filesystem)
Applied.
prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-08-13 15:42 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-08-10 15:48 Virgile Jarry
2018-08-13 15:42 ` David Miller [this message]
Reply instructions:
You may reply publicly to this message via plain-text email
using any one of the following methods:
* Save the following mbox file, import it into your mail client,
and reply-to-all from there: mbox
Avoid top-posting and favor interleaved quoting:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Interleaved_style
* Reply using the --to, --cc, and --in-reply-to
switches of git-send-email(1):
git send-email \
--in-reply-to=20180813.084249.2086802236653374160.davem@davemloft.net \
--to=davem@davemloft.net \
--cc=kuznet@ms2.inr.ac.ru \
--cc=linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org \
--cc=netdev@vger.kernel.org \
--cc=virgile@acceis.fr \
--cc=yoshfuji@linux-ipv6.org \
/path/to/YOUR_REPLY
https://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-send-email.html
* If your mail client supports setting the In-Reply-To header
via mailto: links, try the mailto: link
Be sure your reply has a Subject: header at the top and a blank line
before the message body.
This is a public inbox, see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox
all inboxes | Powered by JetHome®