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| author | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2008-11-24 15:45:20 -0500 |
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| committer | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2008-11-25 20:54:25 -0500 |
| commit | 7f5a74f7a19e7af4cd174096fd6abefed836d2bb (patch) | |
| tree | 4b3e0b6a948ed229fce33a3f7c031b38be85fc14 /man7/icmp.7 | |
| parent | ed64be76643118e4c6d3e34750d438f8a48eaf54 (diff) | |
| download | man-pages-7f5a74f7a19e7af4cd174096fd6abefed836d2bb.tar.gz | |
icmp.7: Document icmp_echo_ignore_broadcasts (new in Linux 2.6.12)
Text taken from Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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diff --git a/man7/icmp.7 b/man7/icmp.7 index ead22b09b3..722c988681 100644 --- a/man7/icmp.7 +++ b/man7/icmp.7 @@ -76,6 +76,21 @@ packets in response to .B ICMP_ECHOREQUEST packets. .TP +.IR icmp_errors_use_inbound_ifaddr " (Boolean; default: disabled; since Linux 2.6.12)" +.\" The following taken from 2.6.28-rc4 Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt +If enabled, ICMP error messages are sent with the primary address of +the exiting interface. + +If non-zero, the message will be sent with the primary address of +the interface that received the packet that caused the ICMP error. +This is the behavior that many network administrators will expect from +a router. +And it can make debugging complicated network layouts much easier. + +Note that if no primary address exists for the interface selected, +then the primary address of the first non-loopback interface that +has one will be used regardless of this setting. +.TP .IR icmp_paramprob_rate " (Linux 2.2 to 2.4.10)" .\" Precisely: from 2.1.102 Maximum rate for sending |