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-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt24
-rw-r--r--net/ipv4/fib_frontend.c2
2 files changed, 16 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
index ff3f219ee4d7..71041c21af9b 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
@@ -699,16 +699,22 @@ accept_source_route - BOOLEAN
default TRUE (router)
FALSE (host)
-rp_filter - BOOLEAN
- 1 - do source validation by reversed path, as specified in RFC1812
- Recommended option for single homed hosts and stub network
- routers. Could cause troubles for complicated (not loop free)
- networks running a slow unreliable protocol (sort of RIP),
- or using static routes.
-
+rp_filter - INTEGER
0 - No source validation.
-
- conf/all/rp_filter must also be set to TRUE to do source validation
+ 1 - Strict mode as defined in RFC3704 Strict Reverse Path
+ Each incoming packet is tested against the FIB and if the interface
+ is not the best reverse path the packet check will fail.
+ By default failed packets are discarded.
+ 2 - Loose mode as defined in RFC3704 Loose Reverse Path
+ Each incoming packet's source address is also tested against the FIB
+ and if the source address is not reachable via any interface
+ the packet check will fail.
+
+ Current recommended practice in RFC3704 is to enable strict mode
+ to prevent IP spoofin from DDos attacks. If using asymmetric routing
+ or other complicated routing,t hen loose mode is recommended.
+
+ conf/all/rp_filter must also be set to non-zero to do source validation
on the interface
Default value is 0. Note that some distributions enable it
diff --git a/net/ipv4/fib_frontend.c b/net/ipv4/fib_frontend.c
index 741e4fa3e474..cafcc49d0993 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/fib_frontend.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/fib_frontend.c
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ int fib_validate_source(__be32 src, __be32 dst, u8 tos, int oif,
fib_res_put(&res);
if (no_addr)
goto last_resort;
- if (rpf)
+ if (rpf == 1)
goto e_inval;
fl.oif = dev->ifindex;