1.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
2
3=========
4IP Sysctl
5=========
6
7/proc/sys/net/ipv4/* Variables
8==============================
9
10ip_forward - BOOLEAN
11	- 0 - disabled (default)
12	- not 0 - enabled
13
14	Forward Packets between interfaces.
15
16	This variable is special, its change resets all configuration
17	parameters to their default state (RFC1122 for hosts, RFC1812
18	for routers)
19
20ip_default_ttl - INTEGER
21	Default value of TTL field (Time To Live) for outgoing (but not
22	forwarded) IP packets. Should be between 1 and 255 inclusive.
23	Default: 64 (as recommended by RFC1700)
24
25ip_no_pmtu_disc - INTEGER
26	Disable Path MTU Discovery. If enabled in mode 1 and a
27	fragmentation-required ICMP is received, the PMTU to this
28	destination will be set to the smallest of the old MTU to
29	this destination and min_pmtu (see below). You will need
30	to raise min_pmtu to the smallest interface MTU on your system
31	manually if you want to avoid locally generated fragments.
32
33	In mode 2 incoming Path MTU Discovery messages will be
34	discarded. Outgoing frames are handled the same as in mode 1,
35	implicitly setting IP_PMTUDISC_DONT on every created socket.
36
37	Mode 3 is a hardened pmtu discover mode. The kernel will only
38	accept fragmentation-needed errors if the underlying protocol
39	can verify them besides a plain socket lookup. Current
40	protocols for which pmtu events will be honored are TCP, SCTP
41	and DCCP as they verify e.g. the sequence number or the
42	association. This mode should not be enabled globally but is
43	only intended to secure e.g. name servers in namespaces where
44	TCP path mtu must still work but path MTU information of other
45	protocols should be discarded. If enabled globally this mode
46	could break other protocols.
47
48	Possible values: 0-3
49
50	Default: FALSE
51
52min_pmtu - INTEGER
53	default 552 - minimum Path MTU. Unless this is changed mannually,
54	each cached pmtu will never be lower than this setting.
55
56ip_forward_use_pmtu - BOOLEAN
57	By default we don't trust protocol path MTUs while forwarding
58	because they could be easily forged and can lead to unwanted
59	fragmentation by the router.
60	You only need to enable this if you have user-space software
61	which tries to discover path mtus by itself and depends on the
62	kernel honoring this information. This is normally not the
63	case.
64
65	Default: 0 (disabled)
66
67	Possible values:
68
69	- 0 - disabled
70	- 1 - enabled
71
72fwmark_reflect - BOOLEAN
73	Controls the fwmark of kernel-generated IPv4 reply packets that are not
74	associated with a socket for example, TCP RSTs or ICMP echo replies).
75	If unset, these packets have a fwmark of zero. If set, they have the
76	fwmark of the packet they are replying to.
77
78	Default: 0
79
80fib_multipath_use_neigh - BOOLEAN
81	Use status of existing neighbor entry when determining nexthop for
82	multipath routes. If disabled, neighbor information is not used and
83	packets could be directed to a failed nexthop. Only valid for kernels
84	built with CONFIG_IP_ROUTE_MULTIPATH enabled.
85
86	Default: 0 (disabled)
87
88	Possible values:
89
90	- 0 - disabled
91	- 1 - enabled
92
93fib_multipath_hash_policy - INTEGER
94	Controls which hash policy to use for multipath routes. Only valid
95	for kernels built with CONFIG_IP_ROUTE_MULTIPATH enabled.
96
97	Default: 0 (Layer 3)
98
99	Possible values:
100
101	- 0 - Layer 3
102	- 1 - Layer 4
103	- 2 - Layer 3 or inner Layer 3 if present
104	- 3 - Custom multipath hash. Fields used for multipath hash calculation
105	  are determined by fib_multipath_hash_fields sysctl
106
107fib_multipath_hash_fields - UNSIGNED INTEGER
108	When fib_multipath_hash_policy is set to 3 (custom multipath hash), the
109	fields used for multipath hash calculation are determined by this
110	sysctl.
111
112	This value is a bitmask which enables various fields for multipath hash
113	calculation.
114
115	Possible fields are:
116
117	====== ============================
118	0x0001 Source IP address
119	0x0002 Destination IP address
120	0x0004 IP protocol
121	0x0008 Unused (Flow Label)
122	0x0010 Source port
123	0x0020 Destination port
124	0x0040 Inner source IP address
125	0x0080 Inner destination IP address
126	0x0100 Inner IP protocol
127	0x0200 Inner Flow Label
128	0x0400 Inner source port
129	0x0800 Inner destination port
130	====== ============================
131
132	Default: 0x0007 (source IP, destination IP and IP protocol)
133
134fib_sync_mem - UNSIGNED INTEGER
135	Amount of dirty memory from fib entries that can be backlogged before
136	synchronize_rcu is forced.
137
138	Default: 512kB   Minimum: 64kB   Maximum: 64MB
139
140ip_forward_update_priority - INTEGER
141	Whether to update SKB priority from "TOS" field in IPv4 header after it
142	is forwarded. The new SKB priority is mapped from TOS field value
143	according to an rt_tos2priority table (see e.g. man tc-prio).
144
145	Default: 1 (Update priority.)
146
147	Possible values:
148
149	- 0 - Do not update priority.
150	- 1 - Update priority.
151
152route/max_size - INTEGER
153	Maximum number of routes allowed in the kernel.  Increase
154	this when using large numbers of interfaces and/or routes.
155
156	From linux kernel 3.6 onwards, this is deprecated for ipv4
157	as route cache is no longer used.
158
159neigh/default/gc_thresh1 - INTEGER
160	Minimum number of entries to keep.  Garbage collector will not
161	purge entries if there are fewer than this number.
162
163	Default: 128
164
165neigh/default/gc_thresh2 - INTEGER
166	Threshold when garbage collector becomes more aggressive about
167	purging entries. Entries older than 5 seconds will be cleared
168	when over this number.
169
170	Default: 512
171
172neigh/default/gc_thresh3 - INTEGER
173	Maximum number of non-PERMANENT neighbor entries allowed.  Increase
174	this when using large numbers of interfaces and when communicating
175	with large numbers of directly-connected peers.
176
177	Default: 1024
178
179neigh/default/unres_qlen_bytes - INTEGER
180	The maximum number of bytes which may be used by packets
181	queued for each	unresolved address by other network layers.
182	(added in linux 3.3)
183
184	Setting negative value is meaningless and will return error.
185
186	Default: SK_WMEM_MAX, (same as net.core.wmem_default).
187
188		Exact value depends on architecture and kernel options,
189		but should be enough to allow queuing 256 packets
190		of medium size.
191
192neigh/default/unres_qlen - INTEGER
193	The maximum number of packets which may be queued for each
194	unresolved address by other network layers.
195
196	(deprecated in linux 3.3) : use unres_qlen_bytes instead.
197
198	Prior to linux 3.3, the default value is 3 which may cause
199	unexpected packet loss. The current default value is calculated
200	according to default value of unres_qlen_bytes and true size of
201	packet.
202
203	Default: 101
204
205neigh/default/interval_probe_time_ms - INTEGER
206	The probe interval for neighbor entries with NTF_MANAGED flag,
207	the min value is 1.
208
209	Default: 5000
210
211mtu_expires - INTEGER
212	Time, in seconds, that cached PMTU information is kept.
213
214min_adv_mss - INTEGER
215	The advertised MSS depends on the first hop route MTU, but will
216	never be lower than this setting.
217
218fib_notify_on_flag_change - INTEGER
219        Whether to emit RTM_NEWROUTE notifications whenever RTM_F_OFFLOAD/
220        RTM_F_TRAP/RTM_F_OFFLOAD_FAILED flags are changed.
221
222        After installing a route to the kernel, user space receives an
223        acknowledgment, which means the route was installed in the kernel,
224        but not necessarily in hardware.
225        It is also possible for a route already installed in hardware to change
226        its action and therefore its flags. For example, a host route that is
227        trapping packets can be "promoted" to perform decapsulation following
228        the installation of an IPinIP/VXLAN tunnel.
229        The notifications will indicate to user-space the state of the route.
230
231        Default: 0 (Do not emit notifications.)
232
233        Possible values:
234
235        - 0 - Do not emit notifications.
236        - 1 - Emit notifications.
237        - 2 - Emit notifications only for RTM_F_OFFLOAD_FAILED flag change.
238
239IP Fragmentation:
240
241ipfrag_high_thresh - LONG INTEGER
242	Maximum memory used to reassemble IP fragments.
243
244ipfrag_low_thresh - LONG INTEGER
245	(Obsolete since linux-4.17)
246	Maximum memory used to reassemble IP fragments before the kernel
247	begins to remove incomplete fragment queues to free up resources.
248	The kernel still accepts new fragments for defragmentation.
249
250ipfrag_time - INTEGER
251	Time in seconds to keep an IP fragment in memory.
252
253ipfrag_max_dist - INTEGER
254	ipfrag_max_dist is a non-negative integer value which defines the
255	maximum "disorder" which is allowed among fragments which share a
256	common IP source address. Note that reordering of packets is
257	not unusual, but if a large number of fragments arrive from a source
258	IP address while a particular fragment queue remains incomplete, it
259	probably indicates that one or more fragments belonging to that queue
260	have been lost. When ipfrag_max_dist is positive, an additional check
261	is done on fragments before they are added to a reassembly queue - if
262	ipfrag_max_dist (or more) fragments have arrived from a particular IP
263	address between additions to any IP fragment queue using that source
264	address, it's presumed that one or more fragments in the queue are
265	lost. The existing fragment queue will be dropped, and a new one
266	started. An ipfrag_max_dist value of zero disables this check.
267
268	Using a very small value, e.g. 1 or 2, for ipfrag_max_dist can
269	result in unnecessarily dropping fragment queues when normal
270	reordering of packets occurs, which could lead to poor application
271	performance. Using a very large value, e.g. 50000, increases the
272	likelihood of incorrectly reassembling IP fragments that originate
273	from different IP datagrams, which could result in data corruption.
274	Default: 64
275
276bc_forwarding - INTEGER
277	bc_forwarding enables the feature described in rfc1812#section-5.3.5.2
278	and rfc2644. It allows the router to forward directed broadcast.
279	To enable this feature, the 'all' entry and the input interface entry
280	should be set to 1.
281	Default: 0
282
283INET peer storage
284=================
285
286inet_peer_threshold - INTEGER
287	The approximate size of the storage.  Starting from this threshold
288	entries will be thrown aggressively.  This threshold also determines
289	entries' time-to-live and time intervals between garbage collection
290	passes.  More entries, less time-to-live, less GC interval.
291
292inet_peer_minttl - INTEGER
293	Minimum time-to-live of entries.  Should be enough to cover fragment
294	time-to-live on the reassembling side.  This minimum time-to-live  is
295	guaranteed if the pool size is less than inet_peer_threshold.
296	Measured in seconds.
297
298inet_peer_maxttl - INTEGER
299	Maximum time-to-live of entries.  Unused entries will expire after
300	this period of time if there is no memory pressure on the pool (i.e.
301	when the number of entries in the pool is very small).
302	Measured in seconds.
303
304TCP variables
305=============
306
307somaxconn - INTEGER
308	Limit of socket listen() backlog, known in userspace as SOMAXCONN.
309	Defaults to 4096. (Was 128 before linux-5.4)
310	See also tcp_max_syn_backlog for additional tuning for TCP sockets.
311
312tcp_abort_on_overflow - BOOLEAN
313	If listening service is too slow to accept new connections,
314	reset them. Default state is FALSE. It means that if overflow
315	occurred due to a burst, connection will recover. Enable this
316	option _only_ if you are really sure that listening daemon
317	cannot be tuned to accept connections faster. Enabling this
318	option can harm clients of your server.
319
320tcp_adv_win_scale - INTEGER
321	Count buffering overhead as bytes/2^tcp_adv_win_scale
322	(if tcp_adv_win_scale > 0) or bytes-bytes/2^(-tcp_adv_win_scale),
323	if it is <= 0.
324
325	Possible values are [-31, 31], inclusive.
326
327	Default: 1
328
329tcp_allowed_congestion_control - STRING
330	Show/set the congestion control choices available to non-privileged
331	processes. The list is a subset of those listed in
332	tcp_available_congestion_control.
333
334	Default is "reno" and the default setting (tcp_congestion_control).
335
336tcp_app_win - INTEGER
337	Reserve max(window/2^tcp_app_win, mss) of window for application
338	buffer. Value 0 is special, it means that nothing is reserved.
339
340	Default: 31
341
342tcp_autocorking - BOOLEAN
343	Enable TCP auto corking :
344	When applications do consecutive small write()/sendmsg() system calls,
345	we try to coalesce these small writes as much as possible, to lower
346	total amount of sent packets. This is done if at least one prior
347	packet for the flow is waiting in Qdisc queues or device transmit
348	queue. Applications can still use TCP_CORK for optimal behavior
349	when they know how/when to uncork their sockets.
350
351	Default : 1
352
353tcp_available_congestion_control - STRING
354	Shows the available congestion control choices that are registered.
355	More congestion control algorithms may be available as modules,
356	but not loaded.
357
358tcp_base_mss - INTEGER
359	The initial value of search_low to be used by the packetization layer
360	Path MTU discovery (MTU probing).  If MTU probing is enabled,
361	this is the initial MSS used by the connection.
362
363tcp_mtu_probe_floor - INTEGER
364	If MTU probing is enabled this caps the minimum MSS used for search_low
365	for the connection.
366
367	Default : 48
368
369tcp_min_snd_mss - INTEGER
370	TCP SYN and SYNACK messages usually advertise an ADVMSS option,
371	as described in RFC 1122 and RFC 6691.
372
373	If this ADVMSS option is smaller than tcp_min_snd_mss,
374	it is silently capped to tcp_min_snd_mss.
375
376	Default : 48 (at least 8 bytes of payload per segment)
377
378tcp_congestion_control - STRING
379	Set the congestion control algorithm to be used for new
380	connections. The algorithm "reno" is always available, but
381	additional choices may be available based on kernel configuration.
382	Default is set as part of kernel configuration.
383	For passive connections, the listener congestion control choice
384	is inherited.
385
386	[see setsockopt(listenfd, SOL_TCP, TCP_CONGESTION, "name" ...) ]
387
388tcp_dsack - BOOLEAN
389	Allows TCP to send "duplicate" SACKs.
390
391tcp_early_retrans - INTEGER
392	Tail loss probe (TLP) converts RTOs occurring due to tail
393	losses into fast recovery (draft-ietf-tcpm-rack). Note that
394	TLP requires RACK to function properly (see tcp_recovery below)
395
396	Possible values:
397
398		- 0 disables TLP
399		- 3 or 4 enables TLP
400
401	Default: 3
402
403tcp_ecn - INTEGER
404	Control use of Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN) by TCP.
405	ECN is used only when both ends of the TCP connection indicate
406	support for it.  This feature is useful in avoiding losses due
407	to congestion by allowing supporting routers to signal
408	congestion before having to drop packets.
409
410	Possible values are:
411
412		=  =====================================================
413		0  Disable ECN.  Neither initiate nor accept ECN.
414		1  Enable ECN when requested by incoming connections and
415		   also request ECN on outgoing connection attempts.
416		2  Enable ECN when requested by incoming connections
417		   but do not request ECN on outgoing connections.
418		=  =====================================================
419
420	Default: 2
421
422tcp_ecn_fallback - BOOLEAN
423	If the kernel detects that ECN connection misbehaves, enable fall
424	back to non-ECN. Currently, this knob implements the fallback
425	from RFC3168, section 6.1.1.1., but we reserve that in future,
426	additional detection mechanisms could be implemented under this
427	knob. The value	is not used, if tcp_ecn or per route (or congestion
428	control) ECN settings are disabled.
429
430	Default: 1 (fallback enabled)
431
432tcp_fack - BOOLEAN
433	This is a legacy option, it has no effect anymore.
434
435tcp_fin_timeout - INTEGER
436	The length of time an orphaned (no longer referenced by any
437	application) connection will remain in the FIN_WAIT_2 state
438	before it is aborted at the local end.  While a perfectly
439	valid "receive only" state for an un-orphaned connection, an
440	orphaned connection in FIN_WAIT_2 state could otherwise wait
441	forever for the remote to close its end of the connection.
442
443	Cf. tcp_max_orphans
444
445	Default: 60 seconds
446
447tcp_frto - INTEGER
448	Enables Forward RTO-Recovery (F-RTO) defined in RFC5682.
449	F-RTO is an enhanced recovery algorithm for TCP retransmission
450	timeouts.  It is particularly beneficial in networks where the
451	RTT fluctuates (e.g., wireless). F-RTO is sender-side only
452	modification. It does not require any support from the peer.
453
454	By default it's enabled with a non-zero value. 0 disables F-RTO.
455
456tcp_fwmark_accept - BOOLEAN
457	If set, incoming connections to listening sockets that do not have a
458	socket mark will set the mark of the accepting socket to the fwmark of
459	the incoming SYN packet. This will cause all packets on that connection
460	(starting from the first SYNACK) to be sent with that fwmark. The
461	listening socket's mark is unchanged. Listening sockets that already
462	have a fwmark set via setsockopt(SOL_SOCKET, SO_MARK, ...) are
463	unaffected.
464
465	Default: 0
466
467tcp_invalid_ratelimit - INTEGER
468	Limit the maximal rate for sending duplicate acknowledgments
469	in response to incoming TCP packets that are for an existing
470	connection but that are invalid due to any of these reasons:
471
472	  (a) out-of-window sequence number,
473	  (b) out-of-window acknowledgment number, or
474	  (c) PAWS (Protection Against Wrapped Sequence numbers) check failure
475
476	This can help mitigate simple "ack loop" DoS attacks, wherein
477	a buggy or malicious middlebox or man-in-the-middle can
478	rewrite TCP header fields in manner that causes each endpoint
479	to think that the other is sending invalid TCP segments, thus
480	causing each side to send an unterminating stream of duplicate
481	acknowledgments for invalid segments.
482
483	Using 0 disables rate-limiting of dupacks in response to
484	invalid segments; otherwise this value specifies the minimal
485	space between sending such dupacks, in milliseconds.
486
487	Default: 500 (milliseconds).
488
489tcp_keepalive_time - INTEGER
490	How often TCP sends out keepalive messages when keepalive is enabled.
491	Default: 2hours.
492
493tcp_keepalive_probes - INTEGER
494	How many keepalive probes TCP sends out, until it decides that the
495	connection is broken. Default value: 9.
496
497tcp_keepalive_intvl - INTEGER
498	How frequently the probes are send out. Multiplied by
499	tcp_keepalive_probes it is time to kill not responding connection,
500	after probes started. Default value: 75sec i.e. connection
501	will be aborted after ~11 minutes of retries.
502
503tcp_l3mdev_accept - BOOLEAN
504	Enables child sockets to inherit the L3 master device index.
505	Enabling this option allows a "global" listen socket to work
506	across L3 master domains (e.g., VRFs) with connected sockets
507	derived from the listen socket to be bound to the L3 domain in
508	which the packets originated. Only valid when the kernel was
509	compiled with CONFIG_NET_L3_MASTER_DEV.
510
511	Default: 0 (disabled)
512
513tcp_low_latency - BOOLEAN
514	This is a legacy option, it has no effect anymore.
515
516tcp_max_orphans - INTEGER
517	Maximal number of TCP sockets not attached to any user file handle,
518	held by system.	If this number is exceeded orphaned connections are
519	reset immediately and warning is printed. This limit exists
520	only to prevent simple DoS attacks, you _must_ not rely on this
521	or lower the limit artificially, but rather increase it
522	(probably, after increasing installed memory),
523	if network conditions require more than default value,
524	and tune network services to linger and kill such states
525	more aggressively. Let me to remind again: each orphan eats
526	up to ~64K of unswappable memory.
527
528tcp_max_syn_backlog - INTEGER
529	Maximal number of remembered connection requests (SYN_RECV),
530	which have not received an acknowledgment from connecting client.
531
532	This is a per-listener limit.
533
534	The minimal value is 128 for low memory machines, and it will
535	increase in proportion to the memory of machine.
536
537	If server suffers from overload, try increasing this number.
538
539	Remember to also check /proc/sys/net/core/somaxconn
540	A SYN_RECV request socket consumes about 304 bytes of memory.
541
542tcp_max_tw_buckets - INTEGER
543	Maximal number of timewait sockets held by system simultaneously.
544	If this number is exceeded time-wait socket is immediately destroyed
545	and warning is printed. This limit exists only to prevent
546	simple DoS attacks, you _must_ not lower the limit artificially,
547	but rather increase it (probably, after increasing installed memory),
548	if network conditions require more than default value.
549
550tcp_mem - vector of 3 INTEGERs: min, pressure, max
551	min: below this number of pages TCP is not bothered about its
552	memory appetite.
553
554	pressure: when amount of memory allocated by TCP exceeds this number
555	of pages, TCP moderates its memory consumption and enters memory
556	pressure mode, which is exited when memory consumption falls
557	under "min".
558
559	max: number of pages allowed for queueing by all TCP sockets.
560
561	Defaults are calculated at boot time from amount of available
562	memory.
563
564tcp_min_rtt_wlen - INTEGER
565	The window length of the windowed min filter to track the minimum RTT.
566	A shorter window lets a flow more quickly pick up new (higher)
567	minimum RTT when it is moved to a longer path (e.g., due to traffic
568	engineering). A longer window makes the filter more resistant to RTT
569	inflations such as transient congestion. The unit is seconds.
570
571	Possible values: 0 - 86400 (1 day)
572
573	Default: 300
574
575tcp_moderate_rcvbuf - BOOLEAN
576	If set, TCP performs receive buffer auto-tuning, attempting to
577	automatically size the buffer (no greater than tcp_rmem[2]) to
578	match the size required by the path for full throughput.  Enabled by
579	default.
580
581tcp_mtu_probing - INTEGER
582	Controls TCP Packetization-Layer Path MTU Discovery.  Takes three
583	values:
584
585	- 0 - Disabled
586	- 1 - Disabled by default, enabled when an ICMP black hole detected
587	- 2 - Always enabled, use initial MSS of tcp_base_mss.
588
589tcp_probe_interval - UNSIGNED INTEGER
590	Controls how often to start TCP Packetization-Layer Path MTU
591	Discovery reprobe. The default is reprobing every 10 minutes as
592	per RFC4821.
593
594tcp_probe_threshold - INTEGER
595	Controls when TCP Packetization-Layer Path MTU Discovery probing
596	will stop in respect to the width of search range in bytes. Default
597	is 8 bytes.
598
599tcp_no_metrics_save - BOOLEAN
600	By default, TCP saves various connection metrics in the route cache
601	when the connection closes, so that connections established in the
602	near future can use these to set initial conditions.  Usually, this
603	increases overall performance, but may sometimes cause performance
604	degradation.  If set, TCP will not cache metrics on closing
605	connections.
606
607tcp_no_ssthresh_metrics_save - BOOLEAN
608	Controls whether TCP saves ssthresh metrics in the route cache.
609
610	Default is 1, which disables ssthresh metrics.
611
612tcp_orphan_retries - INTEGER
613	This value influences the timeout of a locally closed TCP connection,
614	when RTO retransmissions remain unacknowledged.
615	See tcp_retries2 for more details.
616
617	The default value is 8.
618
619	If your machine is a loaded WEB server,
620	you should think about lowering this value, such sockets
621	may consume significant resources. Cf. tcp_max_orphans.
622
623tcp_recovery - INTEGER
624	This value is a bitmap to enable various experimental loss recovery
625	features.
626
627	=========   =============================================================
628	RACK: 0x1   enables the RACK loss detection for fast detection of lost
629		    retransmissions and tail drops. It also subsumes and disables
630		    RFC6675 recovery for SACK connections.
631
632	RACK: 0x2   makes RACK's reordering window static (min_rtt/4).
633
634	RACK: 0x4   disables RACK's DUPACK threshold heuristic
635	=========   =============================================================
636
637	Default: 0x1
638
639tcp_reflect_tos - BOOLEAN
640	For listening sockets, reuse the DSCP value of the initial SYN message
641	for outgoing packets. This allows to have both directions of a TCP
642	stream to use the same DSCP value, assuming DSCP remains unchanged for
643	the lifetime of the connection.
644
645	This options affects both IPv4 and IPv6.
646
647	Default: 0 (disabled)
648
649tcp_reordering - INTEGER
650	Initial reordering level of packets in a TCP stream.
651	TCP stack can then dynamically adjust flow reordering level
652	between this initial value and tcp_max_reordering
653
654	Default: 3
655
656tcp_max_reordering - INTEGER
657	Maximal reordering level of packets in a TCP stream.
658	300 is a fairly conservative value, but you might increase it
659	if paths are using per packet load balancing (like bonding rr mode)
660
661	Default: 300
662
663tcp_retrans_collapse - BOOLEAN
664	Bug-to-bug compatibility with some broken printers.
665	On retransmit try to send bigger packets to work around bugs in
666	certain TCP stacks.
667
668tcp_retries1 - INTEGER
669	This value influences the time, after which TCP decides, that
670	something is wrong due to unacknowledged RTO retransmissions,
671	and reports this suspicion to the network layer.
672	See tcp_retries2 for more details.
673
674	RFC 1122 recommends at least 3 retransmissions, which is the
675	default.
676
677tcp_retries2 - INTEGER
678	This value influences the timeout of an alive TCP connection,
679	when RTO retransmissions remain unacknowledged.
680	Given a value of N, a hypothetical TCP connection following
681	exponential backoff with an initial RTO of TCP_RTO_MIN would
682	retransmit N times before killing the connection at the (N+1)th RTO.
683
684	The default value of 15 yields a hypothetical timeout of 924.6
685	seconds and is a lower bound for the effective timeout.
686	TCP will effectively time out at the first RTO which exceeds the
687	hypothetical timeout.
688
689	RFC 1122 recommends at least 100 seconds for the timeout,
690	which corresponds to a value of at least 8.
691
692tcp_rfc1337 - BOOLEAN
693	If set, the TCP stack behaves conforming to RFC1337. If unset,
694	we are not conforming to RFC, but prevent TCP TIME_WAIT
695	assassination.
696
697	Default: 0
698
699tcp_rmem - vector of 3 INTEGERs: min, default, max
700	min: Minimal size of receive buffer used by TCP sockets.
701	It is guaranteed to each TCP socket, even under moderate memory
702	pressure.
703
704	Default: 4K
705
706	default: initial size of receive buffer used by TCP sockets.
707	This value overrides net.core.rmem_default used by other protocols.
708	Default: 131072 bytes.
709	This value results in initial window of 65535.
710
711	max: maximal size of receive buffer allowed for automatically
712	selected receiver buffers for TCP socket. This value does not override
713	net.core.rmem_max.  Calling setsockopt() with SO_RCVBUF disables
714	automatic tuning of that socket's receive buffer size, in which
715	case this value is ignored.
716	Default: between 131072 and 6MB, depending on RAM size.
717
718tcp_sack - BOOLEAN
719	Enable select acknowledgments (SACKS).
720
721tcp_comp_sack_delay_ns - LONG INTEGER
722	TCP tries to reduce number of SACK sent, using a timer
723	based on 5% of SRTT, capped by this sysctl, in nano seconds.
724	The default is 1ms, based on TSO autosizing period.
725
726	Default : 1,000,000 ns (1 ms)
727
728tcp_comp_sack_slack_ns - LONG INTEGER
729	This sysctl control the slack used when arming the
730	timer used by SACK compression. This gives extra time
731	for small RTT flows, and reduces system overhead by allowing
732	opportunistic reduction of timer interrupts.
733
734	Default : 100,000 ns (100 us)
735
736tcp_comp_sack_nr - INTEGER
737	Max number of SACK that can be compressed.
738	Using 0 disables SACK compression.
739
740	Default : 44
741
742tcp_slow_start_after_idle - BOOLEAN
743	If set, provide RFC2861 behavior and time out the congestion
744	window after an idle period.  An idle period is defined at
745	the current RTO.  If unset, the congestion window will not
746	be timed out after an idle period.
747
748	Default: 1
749
750tcp_stdurg - BOOLEAN
751	Use the Host requirements interpretation of the TCP urgent pointer field.
752	Most hosts use the older BSD interpretation, so if you turn this on
753	Linux might not communicate correctly with them.
754
755	Default: FALSE
756
757tcp_synack_retries - INTEGER
758	Number of times SYNACKs for a passive TCP connection attempt will
759	be retransmitted. Should not be higher than 255. Default value
760	is 5, which corresponds to 31seconds till the last retransmission
761	with the current initial RTO of 1second. With this the final timeout
762	for a passive TCP connection will happen after 63seconds.
763
764tcp_syncookies - INTEGER
765	Only valid when the kernel was compiled with CONFIG_SYN_COOKIES
766	Send out syncookies when the syn backlog queue of a socket
767	overflows. This is to prevent against the common 'SYN flood attack'
768	Default: 1
769
770	Note, that syncookies is fallback facility.
771	It MUST NOT be used to help highly loaded servers to stand
772	against legal connection rate. If you see SYN flood warnings
773	in your logs, but investigation	shows that they occur
774	because of overload with legal connections, you should tune
775	another parameters until this warning disappear.
776	See: tcp_max_syn_backlog, tcp_synack_retries, tcp_abort_on_overflow.
777
778	syncookies seriously violate TCP protocol, do not allow
779	to use TCP extensions, can result in serious degradation
780	of some services (f.e. SMTP relaying), visible not by you,
781	but your clients and relays, contacting you. While you see
782	SYN flood warnings in logs not being really flooded, your server
783	is seriously misconfigured.
784
785	If you want to test which effects syncookies have to your
786	network connections you can set this knob to 2 to enable
787	unconditionally generation of syncookies.
788
789tcp_migrate_req - BOOLEAN
790	The incoming connection is tied to a specific listening socket when
791	the initial SYN packet is received during the three-way handshake.
792	When a listener is closed, in-flight request sockets during the
793	handshake and established sockets in the accept queue are aborted.
794
795	If the listener has SO_REUSEPORT enabled, other listeners on the
796	same port should have been able to accept such connections. This
797	option makes it possible to migrate such child sockets to another
798	listener after close() or shutdown().
799
800	The BPF_SK_REUSEPORT_SELECT_OR_MIGRATE type of eBPF program should
801	usually be used to define the policy to pick an alive listener.
802	Otherwise, the kernel will randomly pick an alive listener only if
803	this option is enabled.
804
805	Note that migration between listeners with different settings may
806	crash applications. Let's say migration happens from listener A to
807	B, and only B has TCP_SAVE_SYN enabled. B cannot read SYN data from
808	the requests migrated from A. To avoid such a situation, cancel
809	migration by returning SK_DROP in the type of eBPF program, or
810	disable this option.
811
812	Default: 0
813
814tcp_fastopen - INTEGER
815	Enable TCP Fast Open (RFC7413) to send and accept data in the opening
816	SYN packet.
817
818	The client support is enabled by flag 0x1 (on by default). The client
819	then must use sendmsg() or sendto() with the MSG_FASTOPEN flag,
820	rather than connect() to send data in SYN.
821
822	The server support is enabled by flag 0x2 (off by default). Then
823	either enable for all listeners with another flag (0x400) or
824	enable individual listeners via TCP_FASTOPEN socket option with
825	the option value being the length of the syn-data backlog.
826
827	The values (bitmap) are
828
829	=====  ======== ======================================================
830	  0x1  (client) enables sending data in the opening SYN on the client.
831	  0x2  (server) enables the server support, i.e., allowing data in
832			a SYN packet to be accepted and passed to the
833			application before 3-way handshake finishes.
834	  0x4  (client) send data in the opening SYN regardless of cookie
835			availability and without a cookie option.
836	0x200  (server) accept data-in-SYN w/o any cookie option present.
837	0x400  (server) enable all listeners to support Fast Open by
838			default without explicit TCP_FASTOPEN socket option.
839	=====  ======== ======================================================
840
841	Default: 0x1
842
843	Note that additional client or server features are only
844	effective if the basic support (0x1 and 0x2) are enabled respectively.
845
846tcp_fastopen_blackhole_timeout_sec - INTEGER
847	Initial time period in second to disable Fastopen on active TCP sockets
848	when a TFO firewall blackhole issue happens.
849	This time period will grow exponentially when more blackhole issues
850	get detected right after Fastopen is re-enabled and will reset to
851	initial value when the blackhole issue goes away.
852	0 to disable the blackhole detection.
853
854	By default, it is set to 0 (feature is disabled).
855
856tcp_fastopen_key - list of comma separated 32-digit hexadecimal INTEGERs
857	The list consists of a primary key and an optional backup key. The
858	primary key is used for both creating and validating cookies, while the
859	optional backup key is only used for validating cookies. The purpose of
860	the backup key is to maximize TFO validation when keys are rotated.
861
862	A randomly chosen primary key may be configured by the kernel if
863	the tcp_fastopen sysctl is set to 0x400 (see above), or if the
864	TCP_FASTOPEN setsockopt() optname is set and a key has not been
865	previously configured via sysctl. If keys are configured via
866	setsockopt() by using the TCP_FASTOPEN_KEY optname, then those
867	per-socket keys will be used instead of any keys that are specified via
868	sysctl.
869
870	A key is specified as 4 8-digit hexadecimal integers which are separated
871	by a '-' as: xxxxxxxx-xxxxxxxx-xxxxxxxx-xxxxxxxx. Leading zeros may be
872	omitted. A primary and a backup key may be specified by separating them
873	by a comma. If only one key is specified, it becomes the primary key and
874	any previously configured backup keys are removed.
875
876tcp_syn_retries - INTEGER
877	Number of times initial SYNs for an active TCP connection attempt
878	will be retransmitted. Should not be higher than 127. Default value
879	is 6, which corresponds to 63seconds till the last retransmission
880	with the current initial RTO of 1second. With this the final timeout
881	for an active TCP connection attempt will happen after 127seconds.
882
883tcp_timestamps - INTEGER
884	Enable timestamps as defined in RFC1323.
885
886	- 0: Disabled.
887	- 1: Enable timestamps as defined in RFC1323 and use random offset for
888	  each connection rather than only using the current time.
889	- 2: Like 1, but without random offsets.
890
891	Default: 1
892
893tcp_min_tso_segs - INTEGER
894	Minimal number of segments per TSO frame.
895
896	Since linux-3.12, TCP does an automatic sizing of TSO frames,
897	depending on flow rate, instead of filling 64Kbytes packets.
898	For specific usages, it's possible to force TCP to build big
899	TSO frames. Note that TCP stack might split too big TSO packets
900	if available window is too small.
901
902	Default: 2
903
904tcp_tso_rtt_log - INTEGER
905	Adjustment of TSO packet sizes based on min_rtt
906
907	Starting from linux-5.18, TCP autosizing can be tweaked
908	for flows having small RTT.
909
910	Old autosizing was splitting the pacing budget to send 1024 TSO
911	per second.
912
913	tso_packet_size = sk->sk_pacing_rate / 1024;
914
915	With the new mechanism, we increase this TSO sizing using:
916
917	distance = min_rtt_usec / (2^tcp_tso_rtt_log)
918	tso_packet_size += gso_max_size >> distance;
919
920	This means that flows between very close hosts can use bigger
921	TSO packets, reducing their cpu costs.
922
923	If you want to use the old autosizing, set this sysctl to 0.
924
925	Default: 9  (2^9 = 512 usec)
926
927tcp_pacing_ss_ratio - INTEGER
928	sk->sk_pacing_rate is set by TCP stack using a ratio applied
929	to current rate. (current_rate = cwnd * mss / srtt)
930	If TCP is in slow start, tcp_pacing_ss_ratio is applied
931	to let TCP probe for bigger speeds, assuming cwnd can be
932	doubled every other RTT.
933
934	Default: 200
935
936tcp_pacing_ca_ratio - INTEGER
937	sk->sk_pacing_rate is set by TCP stack using a ratio applied
938	to current rate. (current_rate = cwnd * mss / srtt)
939	If TCP is in congestion avoidance phase, tcp_pacing_ca_ratio
940	is applied to conservatively probe for bigger throughput.
941
942	Default: 120
943
944tcp_tso_win_divisor - INTEGER
945	This allows control over what percentage of the congestion window
946	can be consumed by a single TSO frame.
947	The setting of this parameter is a choice between burstiness and
948	building larger TSO frames.
949
950	Default: 3
951
952tcp_tw_reuse - INTEGER
953	Enable reuse of TIME-WAIT sockets for new connections when it is
954	safe from protocol viewpoint.
955
956	- 0 - disable
957	- 1 - global enable
958	- 2 - enable for loopback traffic only
959
960	It should not be changed without advice/request of technical
961	experts.
962
963	Default: 2
964
965tcp_window_scaling - BOOLEAN
966	Enable window scaling as defined in RFC1323.
967
968tcp_wmem - vector of 3 INTEGERs: min, default, max
969	min: Amount of memory reserved for send buffers for TCP sockets.
970	Each TCP socket has rights to use it due to fact of its birth.
971
972	Default: 4K
973
974	default: initial size of send buffer used by TCP sockets.  This
975	value overrides net.core.wmem_default used by other protocols.
976
977	It is usually lower than net.core.wmem_default.
978
979	Default: 16K
980
981	max: Maximal amount of memory allowed for automatically tuned
982	send buffers for TCP sockets. This value does not override
983	net.core.wmem_max.  Calling setsockopt() with SO_SNDBUF disables
984	automatic tuning of that socket's send buffer size, in which case
985	this value is ignored.
986
987	Default: between 64K and 4MB, depending on RAM size.
988
989tcp_notsent_lowat - UNSIGNED INTEGER
990	A TCP socket can control the amount of unsent bytes in its write queue,
991	thanks to TCP_NOTSENT_LOWAT socket option. poll()/select()/epoll()
992	reports POLLOUT events if the amount of unsent bytes is below a per
993	socket value, and if the write queue is not full. sendmsg() will
994	also not add new buffers if the limit is hit.
995
996	This global variable controls the amount of unsent data for
997	sockets not using TCP_NOTSENT_LOWAT. For these sockets, a change
998	to the global variable has immediate effect.
999
1000	Default: UINT_MAX (0xFFFFFFFF)
1001
1002tcp_workaround_signed_windows - BOOLEAN
1003	If set, assume no receipt of a window scaling option means the
1004	remote TCP is broken and treats the window as a signed quantity.
1005	If unset, assume the remote TCP is not broken even if we do
1006	not receive a window scaling option from them.
1007
1008	Default: 0
1009
1010tcp_thin_linear_timeouts - BOOLEAN
1011	Enable dynamic triggering of linear timeouts for thin streams.
1012	If set, a check is performed upon retransmission by timeout to
1013	determine if the stream is thin (less than 4 packets in flight).
1014	As long as the stream is found to be thin, up to 6 linear
1015	timeouts may be performed before exponential backoff mode is
1016	initiated. This improves retransmission latency for
1017	non-aggressive thin streams, often found to be time-dependent.
1018	For more information on thin streams, see
1019	Documentation/networking/tcp-thin.rst
1020
1021	Default: 0
1022
1023tcp_limit_output_bytes - INTEGER
1024	Controls TCP Small Queue limit per tcp socket.
1025	TCP bulk sender tends to increase packets in flight until it
1026	gets losses notifications. With SNDBUF autotuning, this can
1027	result in a large amount of packets queued on the local machine
1028	(e.g.: qdiscs, CPU backlog, or device) hurting latency of other
1029	flows, for typical pfifo_fast qdiscs.  tcp_limit_output_bytes
1030	limits the number of bytes on qdisc or device to reduce artificial
1031	RTT/cwnd and reduce bufferbloat.
1032
1033	Default: 1048576 (16 * 65536)
1034
1035tcp_challenge_ack_limit - INTEGER
1036	Limits number of Challenge ACK sent per second, as recommended
1037	in RFC 5961 (Improving TCP's Robustness to Blind In-Window Attacks)
1038	Note that this per netns rate limit can allow some side channel
1039	attacks and probably should not be enabled.
1040	TCP stack implements per TCP socket limits anyway.
1041	Default: INT_MAX (unlimited)
1042
1043UDP variables
1044=============
1045
1046udp_l3mdev_accept - BOOLEAN
1047	Enabling this option allows a "global" bound socket to work
1048	across L3 master domains (e.g., VRFs) with packets capable of
1049	being received regardless of the L3 domain in which they
1050	originated. Only valid when the kernel was compiled with
1051	CONFIG_NET_L3_MASTER_DEV.
1052
1053	Default: 0 (disabled)
1054
1055udp_mem - vector of 3 INTEGERs: min, pressure, max
1056	Number of pages allowed for queueing by all UDP sockets.
1057
1058	min: Number of pages allowed for queueing by all UDP sockets.
1059
1060	pressure: This value was introduced to follow format of tcp_mem.
1061
1062	max: This value was introduced to follow format of tcp_mem.
1063
1064	Default is calculated at boot time from amount of available memory.
1065
1066udp_rmem_min - INTEGER
1067	Minimal size of receive buffer used by UDP sockets in moderation.
1068	Each UDP socket is able to use the size for receiving data, even if
1069	total pages of UDP sockets exceed udp_mem pressure. The unit is byte.
1070
1071	Default: 4K
1072
1073udp_wmem_min - INTEGER
1074	UDP does not have tx memory accounting and this tunable has no effect.
1075
1076RAW variables
1077=============
1078
1079raw_l3mdev_accept - BOOLEAN
1080	Enabling this option allows a "global" bound socket to work
1081	across L3 master domains (e.g., VRFs) with packets capable of
1082	being received regardless of the L3 domain in which they
1083	originated. Only valid when the kernel was compiled with
1084	CONFIG_NET_L3_MASTER_DEV.
1085
1086	Default: 1 (enabled)
1087
1088CIPSOv4 Variables
1089=================
1090
1091cipso_cache_enable - BOOLEAN
1092	If set, enable additions to and lookups from the CIPSO label mapping
1093	cache.  If unset, additions are ignored and lookups always result in a
1094	miss.  However, regardless of the setting the cache is still
1095	invalidated when required when means you can safely toggle this on and
1096	off and the cache will always be "safe".
1097
1098	Default: 1
1099
1100cipso_cache_bucket_size - INTEGER
1101	The CIPSO label cache consists of a fixed size hash table with each
1102	hash bucket containing a number of cache entries.  This variable limits
1103	the number of entries in each hash bucket; the larger the value is, the
1104	more CIPSO label mappings that can be cached.  When the number of
1105	entries in a given hash bucket reaches this limit adding new entries
1106	causes the oldest entry in the bucket to be removed to make room.
1107
1108	Default: 10
1109
1110cipso_rbm_optfmt - BOOLEAN
1111	Enable the "Optimized Tag 1 Format" as defined in section 3.4.2.6 of
1112	the CIPSO draft specification (see Documentation/netlabel for details).
1113	This means that when set the CIPSO tag will be padded with empty
1114	categories in order to make the packet data 32-bit aligned.
1115
1116	Default: 0
1117
1118cipso_rbm_structvalid - BOOLEAN
1119	If set, do a very strict check of the CIPSO option when
1120	ip_options_compile() is called.  If unset, relax the checks done during
1121	ip_options_compile().  Either way is "safe" as errors are caught else
1122	where in the CIPSO processing code but setting this to 0 (False) should
1123	result in less work (i.e. it should be faster) but could cause problems
1124	with other implementations that require strict checking.
1125
1126	Default: 0
1127
1128IP Variables
1129============
1130
1131ip_local_port_range - 2 INTEGERS
1132	Defines the local port range that is used by TCP and UDP to
1133	choose the local port. The first number is the first, the
1134	second the last local port number.
1135	If possible, it is better these numbers have different parity
1136	(one even and one odd value).
1137	Must be greater than or equal to ip_unprivileged_port_start.
1138	The default values are 32768 and 60999 respectively.
1139
1140ip_local_reserved_ports - list of comma separated ranges
1141	Specify the ports which are reserved for known third-party
1142	applications. These ports will not be used by automatic port
1143	assignments (e.g. when calling connect() or bind() with port
1144	number 0). Explicit port allocation behavior is unchanged.
1145
1146	The format used for both input and output is a comma separated
1147	list of ranges (e.g. "1,2-4,10-10" for ports 1, 2, 3, 4 and
1148	10). Writing to the file will clear all previously reserved
1149	ports and update the current list with the one given in the
1150	input.
1151
1152	Note that ip_local_port_range and ip_local_reserved_ports
1153	settings are independent and both are considered by the kernel
1154	when determining which ports are available for automatic port
1155	assignments.
1156
1157	You can reserve ports which are not in the current
1158	ip_local_port_range, e.g.::
1159
1160	    $ cat /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_local_port_range
1161	    32000	60999
1162	    $ cat /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_local_reserved_ports
1163	    8080,9148
1164
1165	although this is redundant. However such a setting is useful
1166	if later the port range is changed to a value that will
1167	include the reserved ports. Also keep in mind, that overlapping
1168	of these ranges may affect probability of selecting ephemeral
1169	ports which are right after block of reserved ports.
1170
1171	Default: Empty
1172
1173ip_unprivileged_port_start - INTEGER
1174	This is a per-namespace sysctl.  It defines the first
1175	unprivileged port in the network namespace.  Privileged ports
1176	require root or CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE in order to bind to them.
1177	To disable all privileged ports, set this to 0.  They must not
1178	overlap with the ip_local_port_range.
1179
1180	Default: 1024
1181
1182ip_nonlocal_bind - BOOLEAN
1183	If set, allows processes to bind() to non-local IP addresses,
1184	which can be quite useful - but may break some applications.
1185
1186	Default: 0
1187
1188ip_autobind_reuse - BOOLEAN
1189	By default, bind() does not select the ports automatically even if
1190	the new socket and all sockets bound to the port have SO_REUSEADDR.
1191	ip_autobind_reuse allows bind() to reuse the port and this is useful
1192	when you use bind()+connect(), but may break some applications.
1193	The preferred solution is to use IP_BIND_ADDRESS_NO_PORT and this
1194	option should only be set by experts.
1195	Default: 0
1196
1197ip_dynaddr - INTEGER
1198	If set non-zero, enables support for dynamic addresses.
1199	If set to a non-zero value larger than 1, a kernel log
1200	message will be printed when dynamic address rewriting
1201	occurs.
1202
1203	Default: 0
1204
1205ip_early_demux - BOOLEAN
1206	Optimize input packet processing down to one demux for
1207	certain kinds of local sockets.  Currently we only do this
1208	for established TCP and connected UDP sockets.
1209
1210	It may add an additional cost for pure routing workloads that
1211	reduces overall throughput, in such case you should disable it.
1212
1213	Default: 1
1214
1215ping_group_range - 2 INTEGERS
1216	Restrict ICMP_PROTO datagram sockets to users in the group range.
1217	The default is "1 0", meaning, that nobody (not even root) may
1218	create ping sockets.  Setting it to "100 100" would grant permissions
1219	to the single group. "0 4294967295" would enable it for the world, "100
1220	4294967295" would enable it for the users, but not daemons.
1221
1222tcp_early_demux - BOOLEAN
1223	Enable early demux for established TCP sockets.
1224
1225	Default: 1
1226
1227udp_early_demux - BOOLEAN
1228	Enable early demux for connected UDP sockets. Disable this if
1229	your system could experience more unconnected load.
1230
1231	Default: 1
1232
1233icmp_echo_ignore_all - BOOLEAN
1234	If set non-zero, then the kernel will ignore all ICMP ECHO
1235	requests sent to it.
1236
1237	Default: 0
1238
1239icmp_echo_enable_probe - BOOLEAN
1240        If set to one, then the kernel will respond to RFC 8335 PROBE
1241        requests sent to it.
1242
1243        Default: 0
1244
1245icmp_echo_ignore_broadcasts - BOOLEAN
1246	If set non-zero, then the kernel will ignore all ICMP ECHO and
1247	TIMESTAMP requests sent to it via broadcast/multicast.
1248
1249	Default: 1
1250
1251icmp_ratelimit - INTEGER
1252	Limit the maximal rates for sending ICMP packets whose type matches
1253	icmp_ratemask (see below) to specific targets.
1254	0 to disable any limiting,
1255	otherwise the minimal space between responses in milliseconds.
1256	Note that another sysctl, icmp_msgs_per_sec limits the number
1257	of ICMP packets	sent on all targets.
1258
1259	Default: 1000
1260
1261icmp_msgs_per_sec - INTEGER
1262	Limit maximal number of ICMP packets sent per second from this host.
1263	Only messages whose type matches icmp_ratemask (see below) are
1264	controlled by this limit. For security reasons, the precise count
1265	of messages per second is randomized.
1266
1267	Default: 1000
1268
1269icmp_msgs_burst - INTEGER
1270	icmp_msgs_per_sec controls number of ICMP packets sent per second,
1271	while icmp_msgs_burst controls the burst size of these packets.
1272	For security reasons, the precise burst size is randomized.
1273
1274	Default: 50
1275
1276icmp_ratemask - INTEGER
1277	Mask made of ICMP types for which rates are being limited.
1278
1279	Significant bits: IHGFEDCBA9876543210
1280
1281	Default mask:     0000001100000011000 (6168)
1282
1283	Bit definitions (see include/linux/icmp.h):
1284
1285		= =========================
1286		0 Echo Reply
1287		3 Destination Unreachable [1]_
1288		4 Source Quench [1]_
1289		5 Redirect
1290		8 Echo Request
1291		B Time Exceeded [1]_
1292		C Parameter Problem [1]_
1293		D Timestamp Request
1294		E Timestamp Reply
1295		F Info Request
1296		G Info Reply
1297		H Address Mask Request
1298		I Address Mask Reply
1299		= =========================
1300
1301	.. [1] These are rate limited by default (see default mask above)
1302
1303icmp_ignore_bogus_error_responses - BOOLEAN
1304	Some routers violate RFC1122 by sending bogus responses to broadcast
1305	frames.  Such violations are normally logged via a kernel warning.
1306	If this is set to TRUE, the kernel will not give such warnings, which
1307	will avoid log file clutter.
1308
1309	Default: 1
1310
1311icmp_errors_use_inbound_ifaddr - BOOLEAN
1312
1313	If zero, icmp error messages are sent with the primary address of
1314	the exiting interface.
1315
1316	If non-zero, the message will be sent with the primary address of
1317	the interface that received the packet that caused the icmp error.
1318	This is the behaviour many network administrators will expect from
1319	a router. And it can make debugging complicated network layouts
1320	much easier.
1321
1322	Note that if no primary address exists for the interface selected,
1323	then the primary address of the first non-loopback interface that
1324	has one will be used regardless of this setting.
1325
1326	Default: 0
1327
1328igmp_max_memberships - INTEGER
1329	Change the maximum number of multicast groups we can subscribe to.
1330	Default: 20
1331
1332	Theoretical maximum value is bounded by having to send a membership
1333	report in a single datagram (i.e. the report can't span multiple
1334	datagrams, or risk confusing the switch and leaving groups you don't
1335	intend to).
1336
1337	The number of supported groups 'M' is bounded by the number of group
1338	report entries you can fit into a single datagram of 65535 bytes.
1339
1340	M = 65536-sizeof (ip header)/(sizeof(Group record))
1341
1342	Group records are variable length, with a minimum of 12 bytes.
1343	So net.ipv4.igmp_max_memberships should not be set higher than:
1344
1345	(65536-24) / 12 = 5459
1346
1347	The value 5459 assumes no IP header options, so in practice
1348	this number may be lower.
1349
1350igmp_max_msf - INTEGER
1351	Maximum number of addresses allowed in the source filter list for a
1352	multicast group.
1353
1354	Default: 10
1355
1356igmp_qrv - INTEGER
1357	Controls the IGMP query robustness variable (see RFC2236 8.1).
1358
1359	Default: 2 (as specified by RFC2236 8.1)
1360
1361	Minimum: 1 (as specified by RFC6636 4.5)
1362
1363force_igmp_version - INTEGER
1364	- 0 - (default) No enforcement of a IGMP version, IGMPv1/v2 fallback
1365	  allowed. Will back to IGMPv3 mode again if all IGMPv1/v2 Querier
1366	  Present timer expires.
1367	- 1 - Enforce to use IGMP version 1. Will also reply IGMPv1 report if
1368	  receive IGMPv2/v3 query.
1369	- 2 - Enforce to use IGMP version 2. Will fallback to IGMPv1 if receive
1370	  IGMPv1 query message. Will reply report if receive IGMPv3 query.
1371	- 3 - Enforce to use IGMP version 3. The same react with default 0.
1372
1373	.. note::
1374
1375	   this is not the same with force_mld_version because IGMPv3 RFC3376
1376	   Security Considerations does not have clear description that we could
1377	   ignore other version messages completely as MLDv2 RFC3810. So make
1378	   this value as default 0 is recommended.
1379
1380``conf/interface/*``
1381	changes special settings per interface (where
1382	interface" is the name of your network interface)
1383
1384``conf/all/*``
1385	  is special, changes the settings for all interfaces
1386
1387log_martians - BOOLEAN
1388	Log packets with impossible addresses to kernel log.
1389	log_martians for the interface will be enabled if at least one of
1390	conf/{all,interface}/log_martians is set to TRUE,
1391	it will be disabled otherwise
1392
1393accept_redirects - BOOLEAN
1394	Accept ICMP redirect messages.
1395	accept_redirects for the interface will be enabled if:
1396
1397	- both conf/{all,interface}/accept_redirects are TRUE in the case
1398	  forwarding for the interface is enabled
1399
1400	or
1401
1402	- at least one of conf/{all,interface}/accept_redirects is TRUE in the
1403	  case forwarding for the interface is disabled
1404
1405	accept_redirects for the interface will be disabled otherwise
1406
1407	default:
1408
1409		- TRUE (host)
1410		- FALSE (router)
1411
1412forwarding - BOOLEAN
1413	Enable IP forwarding on this interface.  This controls whether packets
1414	received _on_ this interface can be forwarded.
1415
1416mc_forwarding - BOOLEAN
1417	Do multicast routing. The kernel needs to be compiled with CONFIG_MROUTE
1418	and a multicast routing daemon is required.
1419	conf/all/mc_forwarding must also be set to TRUE to enable multicast
1420	routing	for the interface
1421
1422medium_id - INTEGER
1423	Integer value used to differentiate the devices by the medium they
1424	are attached to. Two devices can have different id values when
1425	the broadcast packets are received only on one of them.
1426	The default value 0 means that the device is the only interface
1427	to its medium, value of -1 means that medium is not known.
1428
1429	Currently, it is used to change the proxy_arp behavior:
1430	the proxy_arp feature is enabled for packets forwarded between
1431	two devices attached to different media.
1432
1433proxy_arp - BOOLEAN
1434	Do proxy arp.
1435
1436	proxy_arp for the interface will be enabled if at least one of
1437	conf/{all,interface}/proxy_arp is set to TRUE,
1438	it will be disabled otherwise
1439
1440proxy_arp_pvlan - BOOLEAN
1441	Private VLAN proxy arp.
1442
1443	Basically allow proxy arp replies back to the same interface
1444	(from which the ARP request/solicitation was received).
1445
1446	This is done to support (ethernet) switch features, like RFC
1447	3069, where the individual ports are NOT allowed to
1448	communicate with each other, but they are allowed to talk to
1449	the upstream router.  As described in RFC 3069, it is possible
1450	to allow these hosts to communicate through the upstream
1451	router by proxy_arp'ing. Don't need to be used together with
1452	proxy_arp.
1453
1454	This technology is known by different names:
1455
1456	  In RFC 3069 it is called VLAN Aggregation.
1457	  Cisco and Allied Telesyn call it Private VLAN.
1458	  Hewlett-Packard call it Source-Port filtering or port-isolation.
1459	  Ericsson call it MAC-Forced Forwarding (RFC Draft).
1460
1461shared_media - BOOLEAN
1462	Send(router) or accept(host) RFC1620 shared media redirects.
1463	Overrides secure_redirects.
1464
1465	shared_media for the interface will be enabled if at least one of
1466	conf/{all,interface}/shared_media is set to TRUE,
1467	it will be disabled otherwise
1468
1469	default TRUE
1470
1471secure_redirects - BOOLEAN
1472	Accept ICMP redirect messages only to gateways listed in the
1473	interface's current gateway list. Even if disabled, RFC1122 redirect
1474	rules still apply.
1475
1476	Overridden by shared_media.
1477
1478	secure_redirects for the interface will be enabled if at least one of
1479	conf/{all,interface}/secure_redirects is set to TRUE,
1480	it will be disabled otherwise
1481
1482	default TRUE
1483
1484send_redirects - BOOLEAN
1485	Send redirects, if router.
1486
1487	send_redirects for the interface will be enabled if at least one of
1488	conf/{all,interface}/send_redirects is set to TRUE,
1489	it will be disabled otherwise
1490
1491	Default: TRUE
1492
1493bootp_relay - BOOLEAN
1494	Accept packets with source address 0.b.c.d destined
1495	not to this host as local ones. It is supposed, that
1496	BOOTP relay daemon will catch and forward such packets.
1497	conf/all/bootp_relay must also be set to TRUE to enable BOOTP relay
1498	for the interface
1499
1500	default FALSE
1501
1502	Not Implemented Yet.
1503
1504accept_source_route - BOOLEAN
1505	Accept packets with SRR option.
1506	conf/all/accept_source_route must also be set to TRUE to accept packets
1507	with SRR option on the interface
1508
1509	default
1510
1511		- TRUE (router)
1512		- FALSE (host)
1513
1514accept_local - BOOLEAN
1515	Accept packets with local source addresses. In combination with
1516	suitable routing, this can be used to direct packets between two
1517	local interfaces over the wire and have them accepted properly.
1518	default FALSE
1519
1520route_localnet - BOOLEAN
1521	Do not consider loopback addresses as martian source or destination
1522	while routing. This enables the use of 127/8 for local routing purposes.
1523
1524	default FALSE
1525
1526rp_filter - INTEGER
1527	- 0 - No source validation.
1528	- 1 - Strict mode as defined in RFC3704 Strict Reverse Path
1529	  Each incoming packet is tested against the FIB and if the interface
1530	  is not the best reverse path the packet check will fail.
1531	  By default failed packets are discarded.
1532	- 2 - Loose mode as defined in RFC3704 Loose Reverse Path
1533	  Each incoming packet's source address is also tested against the FIB
1534	  and if the source address is not reachable via any interface
1535	  the packet check will fail.
1536
1537	Current recommended practice in RFC3704 is to enable strict mode
1538	to prevent IP spoofing from DDos attacks. If using asymmetric routing
1539	or other complicated routing, then loose mode is recommended.
1540
1541	The max value from conf/{all,interface}/rp_filter is used
1542	when doing source validation on the {interface}.
1543
1544	Default value is 0. Note that some distributions enable it
1545	in startup scripts.
1546
1547src_valid_mark - BOOLEAN
1548	- 0 - The fwmark of the packet is not included in reverse path
1549	  route lookup.  This allows for asymmetric routing configurations
1550	  utilizing the fwmark in only one direction, e.g., transparent
1551	  proxying.
1552
1553	- 1 - The fwmark of the packet is included in reverse path route
1554	  lookup.  This permits rp_filter to function when the fwmark is
1555	  used for routing traffic in both directions.
1556
1557	This setting also affects the utilization of fmwark when
1558	performing source address selection for ICMP replies, or
1559	determining addresses stored for the IPOPT_TS_TSANDADDR and
1560	IPOPT_RR IP options.
1561
1562	The max value from conf/{all,interface}/src_valid_mark is used.
1563
1564	Default value is 0.
1565
1566arp_filter - BOOLEAN
1567	- 1 - Allows you to have multiple network interfaces on the same
1568	  subnet, and have the ARPs for each interface be answered
1569	  based on whether or not the kernel would route a packet from
1570	  the ARP'd IP out that interface (therefore you must use source
1571	  based routing for this to work). In other words it allows control
1572	  of which cards (usually 1) will respond to an arp request.
1573
1574	- 0 - (default) The kernel can respond to arp requests with addresses
1575	  from other interfaces. This may seem wrong but it usually makes
1576	  sense, because it increases the chance of successful communication.
1577	  IP addresses are owned by the complete host on Linux, not by
1578	  particular interfaces. Only for more complex setups like load-
1579	  balancing, does this behaviour cause problems.
1580
1581	arp_filter for the interface will be enabled if at least one of
1582	conf/{all,interface}/arp_filter is set to TRUE,
1583	it will be disabled otherwise
1584
1585arp_announce - INTEGER
1586	Define different restriction levels for announcing the local
1587	source IP address from IP packets in ARP requests sent on
1588	interface:
1589
1590	- 0 - (default) Use any local address, configured on any interface
1591	- 1 - Try to avoid local addresses that are not in the target's
1592	  subnet for this interface. This mode is useful when target
1593	  hosts reachable via this interface require the source IP
1594	  address in ARP requests to be part of their logical network
1595	  configured on the receiving interface. When we generate the
1596	  request we will check all our subnets that include the
1597	  target IP and will preserve the source address if it is from
1598	  such subnet. If there is no such subnet we select source
1599	  address according to the rules for level 2.
1600	- 2 - Always use the best local address for this target.
1601	  In this mode we ignore the source address in the IP packet
1602	  and try to select local address that we prefer for talks with
1603	  the target host. Such local address is selected by looking
1604	  for primary IP addresses on all our subnets on the outgoing
1605	  interface that include the target IP address. If no suitable
1606	  local address is found we select the first local address
1607	  we have on the outgoing interface or on all other interfaces,
1608	  with the hope we will receive reply for our request and
1609	  even sometimes no matter the source IP address we announce.
1610
1611	The max value from conf/{all,interface}/arp_announce is used.
1612
1613	Increasing the restriction level gives more chance for
1614	receiving answer from the resolved target while decreasing
1615	the level announces more valid sender's information.
1616
1617arp_ignore - INTEGER
1618	Define different modes for sending replies in response to
1619	received ARP requests that resolve local target IP addresses:
1620
1621	- 0 - (default): reply for any local target IP address, configured
1622	  on any interface
1623	- 1 - reply only if the target IP address is local address
1624	  configured on the incoming interface
1625	- 2 - reply only if the target IP address is local address
1626	  configured on the incoming interface and both with the
1627	  sender's IP address are part from same subnet on this interface
1628	- 3 - do not reply for local addresses configured with scope host,
1629	  only resolutions for global and link addresses are replied
1630	- 4-7 - reserved
1631	- 8 - do not reply for all local addresses
1632
1633	The max value from conf/{all,interface}/arp_ignore is used
1634	when ARP request is received on the {interface}
1635
1636arp_notify - BOOLEAN
1637	Define mode for notification of address and device changes.
1638
1639	 ==  ==========================================================
1640	  0  (default): do nothing
1641	  1  Generate gratuitous arp requests when device is brought up
1642	     or hardware address changes.
1643	 ==  ==========================================================
1644
1645arp_accept - INTEGER
1646	Define behavior for accepting gratuitous ARP (garp) frames from devices
1647	that are not already present in the ARP table:
1648
1649	- 0 - don't create new entries in the ARP table
1650	- 1 - create new entries in the ARP table
1651	- 2 - create new entries only if the source IP address is in the same
1652	  subnet as an address configured on the interface that received the
1653	  garp message.
1654
1655	Both replies and requests type gratuitous arp will trigger the
1656	ARP table to be updated, if this setting is on.
1657
1658	If the ARP table already contains the IP address of the
1659	gratuitous arp frame, the arp table will be updated regardless
1660	if this setting is on or off.
1661
1662arp_evict_nocarrier - BOOLEAN
1663	Clears the ARP cache on NOCARRIER events. This option is important for
1664	wireless devices where the ARP cache should not be cleared when roaming
1665	between access points on the same network. In most cases this should
1666	remain as the default (1).
1667
1668	- 1 - (default): Clear the ARP cache on NOCARRIER events
1669	- 0 - Do not clear ARP cache on NOCARRIER events
1670
1671mcast_solicit - INTEGER
1672	The maximum number of multicast probes in INCOMPLETE state,
1673	when the associated hardware address is unknown.  Defaults
1674	to 3.
1675
1676ucast_solicit - INTEGER
1677	The maximum number of unicast probes in PROBE state, when
1678	the hardware address is being reconfirmed.  Defaults to 3.
1679
1680app_solicit - INTEGER
1681	The maximum number of probes to send to the user space ARP daemon
1682	via netlink before dropping back to multicast probes (see
1683	mcast_resolicit).  Defaults to 0.
1684
1685mcast_resolicit - INTEGER
1686	The maximum number of multicast probes after unicast and
1687	app probes in PROBE state.  Defaults to 0.
1688
1689disable_policy - BOOLEAN
1690	Disable IPSEC policy (SPD) for this interface
1691
1692disable_xfrm - BOOLEAN
1693	Disable IPSEC encryption on this interface, whatever the policy
1694
1695igmpv2_unsolicited_report_interval - INTEGER
1696	The interval in milliseconds in which the next unsolicited
1697	IGMPv1 or IGMPv2 report retransmit will take place.
1698
1699	Default: 10000 (10 seconds)
1700
1701igmpv3_unsolicited_report_interval - INTEGER
1702	The interval in milliseconds in which the next unsolicited
1703	IGMPv3 report retransmit will take place.
1704
1705	Default: 1000 (1 seconds)
1706
1707ignore_routes_with_linkdown - BOOLEAN
1708        Ignore routes whose link is down when performing a FIB lookup.
1709
1710promote_secondaries - BOOLEAN
1711	When a primary IP address is removed from this interface
1712	promote a corresponding secondary IP address instead of
1713	removing all the corresponding secondary IP addresses.
1714
1715drop_unicast_in_l2_multicast - BOOLEAN
1716	Drop any unicast IP packets that are received in link-layer
1717	multicast (or broadcast) frames.
1718
1719	This behavior (for multicast) is actually a SHOULD in RFC
1720	1122, but is disabled by default for compatibility reasons.
1721
1722	Default: off (0)
1723
1724drop_gratuitous_arp - BOOLEAN
1725	Drop all gratuitous ARP frames, for example if there's a known
1726	good ARP proxy on the network and such frames need not be used
1727	(or in the case of 802.11, must not be used to prevent attacks.)
1728
1729	Default: off (0)
1730
1731
1732tag - INTEGER
1733	Allows you to write a number, which can be used as required.
1734
1735	Default value is 0.
1736
1737xfrm4_gc_thresh - INTEGER
1738	(Obsolete since linux-4.14)
1739	The threshold at which we will start garbage collecting for IPv4
1740	destination cache entries.  At twice this value the system will
1741	refuse new allocations.
1742
1743igmp_link_local_mcast_reports - BOOLEAN
1744	Enable IGMP reports for link local multicast groups in the
1745	224.0.0.X range.
1746
1747	Default TRUE
1748
1749Alexey Kuznetsov.
1750kuznet@ms2.inr.ac.ru
1751
1752Updated by:
1753
1754- Andi Kleen
1755  ak@muc.de
1756- Nicolas Delon
1757  delon.nicolas@wanadoo.fr
1758
1759
1760
1761
1762/proc/sys/net/ipv6/* Variables
1763==============================
1764
1765IPv6 has no global variables such as tcp_*.  tcp_* settings under ipv4/ also
1766apply to IPv6 [XXX?].
1767
1768bindv6only - BOOLEAN
1769	Default value for IPV6_V6ONLY socket option,
1770	which restricts use of the IPv6 socket to IPv6 communication
1771	only.
1772
1773		- TRUE: disable IPv4-mapped address feature
1774		- FALSE: enable IPv4-mapped address feature
1775
1776	Default: FALSE (as specified in RFC3493)
1777
1778flowlabel_consistency - BOOLEAN
1779	Protect the consistency (and unicity) of flow label.
1780	You have to disable it to use IPV6_FL_F_REFLECT flag on the
1781	flow label manager.
1782
1783	- TRUE: enabled
1784	- FALSE: disabled
1785
1786	Default: TRUE
1787
1788auto_flowlabels - INTEGER
1789	Automatically generate flow labels based on a flow hash of the
1790	packet. This allows intermediate devices, such as routers, to
1791	identify packet flows for mechanisms like Equal Cost Multipath
1792	Routing (see RFC 6438).
1793
1794	=  ===========================================================
1795	0  automatic flow labels are completely disabled
1796	1  automatic flow labels are enabled by default, they can be
1797	   disabled on a per socket basis using the IPV6_AUTOFLOWLABEL
1798	   socket option
1799	2  automatic flow labels are allowed, they may be enabled on a
1800	   per socket basis using the IPV6_AUTOFLOWLABEL socket option
1801	3  automatic flow labels are enabled and enforced, they cannot
1802	   be disabled by the socket option
1803	=  ===========================================================
1804
1805	Default: 1
1806
1807flowlabel_state_ranges - BOOLEAN
1808	Split the flow label number space into two ranges. 0-0x7FFFF is
1809	reserved for the IPv6 flow manager facility, 0x80000-0xFFFFF
1810	is reserved for stateless flow labels as described in RFC6437.
1811
1812	- TRUE: enabled
1813	- FALSE: disabled
1814
1815	Default: true
1816
1817flowlabel_reflect - INTEGER
1818	Control flow label reflection. Needed for Path MTU
1819	Discovery to work with Equal Cost Multipath Routing in anycast
1820	environments. See RFC 7690 and:
1821	https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-wang-6man-flow-label-reflection-01
1822
1823	This is a bitmask.
1824
1825	- 1: enabled for established flows
1826
1827	  Note that this prevents automatic flowlabel changes, as done
1828	  in "tcp: change IPv6 flow-label upon receiving spurious retransmission"
1829	  and "tcp: Change txhash on every SYN and RTO retransmit"
1830
1831	- 2: enabled for TCP RESET packets (no active listener)
1832	  If set, a RST packet sent in response to a SYN packet on a closed
1833	  port will reflect the incoming flow label.
1834
1835	- 4: enabled for ICMPv6 echo reply messages.
1836
1837	Default: 0
1838
1839fib_multipath_hash_policy - INTEGER
1840	Controls which hash policy to use for multipath routes.
1841
1842	Default: 0 (Layer 3)
1843
1844	Possible values:
1845
1846	- 0 - Layer 3 (source and destination addresses plus flow label)
1847	- 1 - Layer 4 (standard 5-tuple)
1848	- 2 - Layer 3 or inner Layer 3 if present
1849	- 3 - Custom multipath hash. Fields used for multipath hash calculation
1850	  are determined by fib_multipath_hash_fields sysctl
1851
1852fib_multipath_hash_fields - UNSIGNED INTEGER
1853	When fib_multipath_hash_policy is set to 3 (custom multipath hash), the
1854	fields used for multipath hash calculation are determined by this
1855	sysctl.
1856
1857	This value is a bitmask which enables various fields for multipath hash
1858	calculation.
1859
1860	Possible fields are:
1861
1862	====== ============================
1863	0x0001 Source IP address
1864	0x0002 Destination IP address
1865	0x0004 IP protocol
1866	0x0008 Flow Label
1867	0x0010 Source port
1868	0x0020 Destination port
1869	0x0040 Inner source IP address
1870	0x0080 Inner destination IP address
1871	0x0100 Inner IP protocol
1872	0x0200 Inner Flow Label
1873	0x0400 Inner source port
1874	0x0800 Inner destination port
1875	====== ============================
1876
1877	Default: 0x0007 (source IP, destination IP and IP protocol)
1878
1879anycast_src_echo_reply - BOOLEAN
1880	Controls the use of anycast addresses as source addresses for ICMPv6
1881	echo reply
1882
1883	- TRUE:  enabled
1884	- FALSE: disabled
1885
1886	Default: FALSE
1887
1888idgen_delay - INTEGER
1889	Controls the delay in seconds after which time to retry
1890	privacy stable address generation if a DAD conflict is
1891	detected.
1892
1893	Default: 1 (as specified in RFC7217)
1894
1895idgen_retries - INTEGER
1896	Controls the number of retries to generate a stable privacy
1897	address if a DAD conflict is detected.
1898
1899	Default: 3 (as specified in RFC7217)
1900
1901mld_qrv - INTEGER
1902	Controls the MLD query robustness variable (see RFC3810 9.1).
1903
1904	Default: 2 (as specified by RFC3810 9.1)
1905
1906	Minimum: 1 (as specified by RFC6636 4.5)
1907
1908max_dst_opts_number - INTEGER
1909	Maximum number of non-padding TLVs allowed in a Destination
1910	options extension header. If this value is less than zero
1911	then unknown options are disallowed and the number of known
1912	TLVs allowed is the absolute value of this number.
1913
1914	Default: 8
1915
1916max_hbh_opts_number - INTEGER
1917	Maximum number of non-padding TLVs allowed in a Hop-by-Hop
1918	options extension header. If this value is less than zero
1919	then unknown options are disallowed and the number of known
1920	TLVs allowed is the absolute value of this number.
1921
1922	Default: 8
1923
1924max_dst_opts_length - INTEGER
1925	Maximum length allowed for a Destination options extension
1926	header.
1927
1928	Default: INT_MAX (unlimited)
1929
1930max_hbh_length - INTEGER
1931	Maximum length allowed for a Hop-by-Hop options extension
1932	header.
1933
1934	Default: INT_MAX (unlimited)
1935
1936skip_notify_on_dev_down - BOOLEAN
1937	Controls whether an RTM_DELROUTE message is generated for routes
1938	removed when a device is taken down or deleted. IPv4 does not
1939	generate this message; IPv6 does by default. Setting this sysctl
1940	to true skips the message, making IPv4 and IPv6 on par in relying
1941	on userspace caches to track link events and evict routes.
1942
1943	Default: false (generate message)
1944
1945nexthop_compat_mode - BOOLEAN
1946	New nexthop API provides a means for managing nexthops independent of
1947	prefixes. Backwards compatibilty with old route format is enabled by
1948	default which means route dumps and notifications contain the new
1949	nexthop attribute but also the full, expanded nexthop definition.
1950	Further, updates or deletes of a nexthop configuration generate route
1951	notifications for each fib entry using the nexthop. Once a system
1952	understands the new API, this sysctl can be disabled to achieve full
1953	performance benefits of the new API by disabling the nexthop expansion
1954	and extraneous notifications.
1955	Default: true (backward compat mode)
1956
1957fib_notify_on_flag_change - INTEGER
1958        Whether to emit RTM_NEWROUTE notifications whenever RTM_F_OFFLOAD/
1959        RTM_F_TRAP/RTM_F_OFFLOAD_FAILED flags are changed.
1960
1961        After installing a route to the kernel, user space receives an
1962        acknowledgment, which means the route was installed in the kernel,
1963        but not necessarily in hardware.
1964        It is also possible for a route already installed in hardware to change
1965        its action and therefore its flags. For example, a host route that is
1966        trapping packets can be "promoted" to perform decapsulation following
1967        the installation of an IPinIP/VXLAN tunnel.
1968        The notifications will indicate to user-space the state of the route.
1969
1970        Default: 0 (Do not emit notifications.)
1971
1972        Possible values:
1973
1974        - 0 - Do not emit notifications.
1975        - 1 - Emit notifications.
1976        - 2 - Emit notifications only for RTM_F_OFFLOAD_FAILED flag change.
1977
1978ioam6_id - INTEGER
1979        Define the IOAM id of this node. Uses only 24 bits out of 32 in total.
1980
1981        Min: 0
1982        Max: 0xFFFFFF
1983
1984        Default: 0xFFFFFF
1985
1986ioam6_id_wide - LONG INTEGER
1987        Define the wide IOAM id of this node. Uses only 56 bits out of 64 in
1988        total. Can be different from ioam6_id.
1989
1990        Min: 0
1991        Max: 0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
1992
1993        Default: 0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
1994
1995IPv6 Fragmentation:
1996
1997ip6frag_high_thresh - INTEGER
1998	Maximum memory used to reassemble IPv6 fragments. When
1999	ip6frag_high_thresh bytes of memory is allocated for this purpose,
2000	the fragment handler will toss packets until ip6frag_low_thresh
2001	is reached.
2002
2003ip6frag_low_thresh - INTEGER
2004	See ip6frag_high_thresh
2005
2006ip6frag_time - INTEGER
2007	Time in seconds to keep an IPv6 fragment in memory.
2008
2009``conf/default/*``:
2010	Change the interface-specific default settings.
2011
2012	These settings would be used during creating new interfaces.
2013
2014
2015``conf/all/*``:
2016	Change all the interface-specific settings.
2017
2018	[XXX:  Other special features than forwarding?]
2019
2020conf/all/disable_ipv6 - BOOLEAN
2021	Changing this value is same as changing ``conf/default/disable_ipv6``
2022	setting and also all per-interface ``disable_ipv6`` settings to the same
2023	value.
2024
2025	Reading this value does not have any particular meaning. It does not say
2026	whether IPv6 support is enabled or disabled. Returned value can be 1
2027	also in the case when some interface has ``disable_ipv6`` set to 0 and
2028	has configured IPv6 addresses.
2029
2030conf/all/forwarding - BOOLEAN
2031	Enable global IPv6 forwarding between all interfaces.
2032
2033	IPv4 and IPv6 work differently here; e.g. netfilter must be used
2034	to control which interfaces may forward packets and which not.
2035
2036	This also sets all interfaces' Host/Router setting
2037	'forwarding' to the specified value.  See below for details.
2038
2039	This referred to as global forwarding.
2040
2041proxy_ndp - BOOLEAN
2042	Do proxy ndp.
2043
2044fwmark_reflect - BOOLEAN
2045	Controls the fwmark of kernel-generated IPv6 reply packets that are not
2046	associated with a socket for example, TCP RSTs or ICMPv6 echo replies).
2047	If unset, these packets have a fwmark of zero. If set, they have the
2048	fwmark of the packet they are replying to.
2049
2050	Default: 0
2051
2052``conf/interface/*``:
2053	Change special settings per interface.
2054
2055	The functional behaviour for certain settings is different
2056	depending on whether local forwarding is enabled or not.
2057
2058accept_ra - INTEGER
2059	Accept Router Advertisements; autoconfigure using them.
2060
2061	It also determines whether or not to transmit Router
2062	Solicitations. If and only if the functional setting is to
2063	accept Router Advertisements, Router Solicitations will be
2064	transmitted.
2065
2066	Possible values are:
2067
2068		==  ===========================================================
2069		 0  Do not accept Router Advertisements.
2070		 1  Accept Router Advertisements if forwarding is disabled.
2071		 2  Overrule forwarding behaviour. Accept Router Advertisements
2072		    even if forwarding is enabled.
2073		==  ===========================================================
2074
2075	Functional default:
2076
2077		- enabled if local forwarding is disabled.
2078		- disabled if local forwarding is enabled.
2079
2080accept_ra_defrtr - BOOLEAN
2081	Learn default router in Router Advertisement.
2082
2083	Functional default:
2084
2085		- enabled if accept_ra is enabled.
2086		- disabled if accept_ra is disabled.
2087
2088ra_defrtr_metric - UNSIGNED INTEGER
2089	Route metric for default route learned in Router Advertisement. This value
2090	will be assigned as metric for the default route learned via IPv6 Router
2091	Advertisement. Takes affect only if accept_ra_defrtr is enabled.
2092
2093	Possible values:
2094		1 to 0xFFFFFFFF
2095
2096		Default: IP6_RT_PRIO_USER i.e. 1024.
2097
2098accept_ra_from_local - BOOLEAN
2099	Accept RA with source-address that is found on local machine
2100	if the RA is otherwise proper and able to be accepted.
2101
2102	Default is to NOT accept these as it may be an un-intended
2103	network loop.
2104
2105	Functional default:
2106
2107	   - enabled if accept_ra_from_local is enabled
2108	     on a specific interface.
2109	   - disabled if accept_ra_from_local is disabled
2110	     on a specific interface.
2111
2112accept_ra_min_hop_limit - INTEGER
2113	Minimum hop limit Information in Router Advertisement.
2114
2115	Hop limit Information in Router Advertisement less than this
2116	variable shall be ignored.
2117
2118	Default: 1
2119
2120accept_ra_pinfo - BOOLEAN
2121	Learn Prefix Information in Router Advertisement.
2122
2123	Functional default:
2124
2125		- enabled if accept_ra is enabled.
2126		- disabled if accept_ra is disabled.
2127
2128accept_ra_rt_info_min_plen - INTEGER
2129	Minimum prefix length of Route Information in RA.
2130
2131	Route Information w/ prefix smaller than this variable shall
2132	be ignored.
2133
2134	Functional default:
2135
2136		* 0 if accept_ra_rtr_pref is enabled.
2137		* -1 if accept_ra_rtr_pref is disabled.
2138
2139accept_ra_rt_info_max_plen - INTEGER
2140	Maximum prefix length of Route Information in RA.
2141
2142	Route Information w/ prefix larger than this variable shall
2143	be ignored.
2144
2145	Functional default:
2146
2147		* 0 if accept_ra_rtr_pref is enabled.
2148		* -1 if accept_ra_rtr_pref is disabled.
2149
2150accept_ra_rtr_pref - BOOLEAN
2151	Accept Router Preference in RA.
2152
2153	Functional default:
2154
2155		- enabled if accept_ra is enabled.
2156		- disabled if accept_ra is disabled.
2157
2158accept_ra_mtu - BOOLEAN
2159	Apply the MTU value specified in RA option 5 (RFC4861). If
2160	disabled, the MTU specified in the RA will be ignored.
2161
2162	Functional default:
2163
2164		- enabled if accept_ra is enabled.
2165		- disabled if accept_ra is disabled.
2166
2167accept_redirects - BOOLEAN
2168	Accept Redirects.
2169
2170	Functional default:
2171
2172		- enabled if local forwarding is disabled.
2173		- disabled if local forwarding is enabled.
2174
2175accept_source_route - INTEGER
2176	Accept source routing (routing extension header).
2177
2178	- >= 0: Accept only routing header type 2.
2179	- < 0: Do not accept routing header.
2180
2181	Default: 0
2182
2183autoconf - BOOLEAN
2184	Autoconfigure addresses using Prefix Information in Router
2185	Advertisements.
2186
2187	Functional default:
2188
2189		- enabled if accept_ra_pinfo is enabled.
2190		- disabled if accept_ra_pinfo is disabled.
2191
2192dad_transmits - INTEGER
2193	The amount of Duplicate Address Detection probes to send.
2194
2195	Default: 1
2196
2197forwarding - INTEGER
2198	Configure interface-specific Host/Router behaviour.
2199
2200	.. note::
2201
2202	   It is recommended to have the same setting on all
2203	   interfaces; mixed router/host scenarios are rather uncommon.
2204
2205	Possible values are:
2206
2207		- 0 Forwarding disabled
2208		- 1 Forwarding enabled
2209
2210	**FALSE (0)**:
2211
2212	By default, Host behaviour is assumed.  This means:
2213
2214	1. IsRouter flag is not set in Neighbour Advertisements.
2215	2. If accept_ra is TRUE (default), transmit Router
2216	   Solicitations.
2217	3. If accept_ra is TRUE (default), accept Router
2218	   Advertisements (and do autoconfiguration).
2219	4. If accept_redirects is TRUE (default), accept Redirects.
2220
2221	**TRUE (1)**:
2222
2223	If local forwarding is enabled, Router behaviour is assumed.
2224	This means exactly the reverse from the above:
2225
2226	1. IsRouter flag is set in Neighbour Advertisements.
2227	2. Router Solicitations are not sent unless accept_ra is 2.
2228	3. Router Advertisements are ignored unless accept_ra is 2.
2229	4. Redirects are ignored.
2230
2231	Default: 0 (disabled) if global forwarding is disabled (default),
2232	otherwise 1 (enabled).
2233
2234hop_limit - INTEGER
2235	Default Hop Limit to set.
2236
2237	Default: 64
2238
2239mtu - INTEGER
2240	Default Maximum Transfer Unit
2241
2242	Default: 1280 (IPv6 required minimum)
2243
2244ip_nonlocal_bind - BOOLEAN
2245	If set, allows processes to bind() to non-local IPv6 addresses,
2246	which can be quite useful - but may break some applications.
2247
2248	Default: 0
2249
2250router_probe_interval - INTEGER
2251	Minimum interval (in seconds) between Router Probing described
2252	in RFC4191.
2253
2254	Default: 60
2255
2256router_solicitation_delay - INTEGER
2257	Number of seconds to wait after interface is brought up
2258	before sending Router Solicitations.
2259
2260	Default: 1
2261
2262router_solicitation_interval - INTEGER
2263	Number of seconds to wait between Router Solicitations.
2264
2265	Default: 4
2266
2267router_solicitations - INTEGER
2268	Number of Router Solicitations to send until assuming no
2269	routers are present.
2270
2271	Default: 3
2272
2273use_oif_addrs_only - BOOLEAN
2274	When enabled, the candidate source addresses for destinations
2275	routed via this interface are restricted to the set of addresses
2276	configured on this interface (vis. RFC 6724, section 4).
2277
2278	Default: false
2279
2280use_tempaddr - INTEGER
2281	Preference for Privacy Extensions (RFC3041).
2282
2283	  * <= 0 : disable Privacy Extensions
2284	  * == 1 : enable Privacy Extensions, but prefer public
2285	    addresses over temporary addresses.
2286	  * >  1 : enable Privacy Extensions and prefer temporary
2287	    addresses over public addresses.
2288
2289	Default:
2290
2291		* 0 (for most devices)
2292		* -1 (for point-to-point devices and loopback devices)
2293
2294temp_valid_lft - INTEGER
2295	valid lifetime (in seconds) for temporary addresses.
2296
2297	Default: 172800 (2 days)
2298
2299temp_prefered_lft - INTEGER
2300	Preferred lifetime (in seconds) for temporary addresses.
2301
2302	Default: 86400 (1 day)
2303
2304keep_addr_on_down - INTEGER
2305	Keep all IPv6 addresses on an interface down event. If set static
2306	global addresses with no expiration time are not flushed.
2307
2308	*   >0 : enabled
2309	*    0 : system default
2310	*   <0 : disabled
2311
2312	Default: 0 (addresses are removed)
2313
2314max_desync_factor - INTEGER
2315	Maximum value for DESYNC_FACTOR, which is a random value
2316	that ensures that clients don't synchronize with each
2317	other and generate new addresses at exactly the same time.
2318	value is in seconds.
2319
2320	Default: 600
2321
2322regen_max_retry - INTEGER
2323	Number of attempts before give up attempting to generate
2324	valid temporary addresses.
2325
2326	Default: 5
2327
2328max_addresses - INTEGER
2329	Maximum number of autoconfigured addresses per interface.  Setting
2330	to zero disables the limitation.  It is not recommended to set this
2331	value too large (or to zero) because it would be an easy way to
2332	crash the kernel by allowing too many addresses to be created.
2333
2334	Default: 16
2335
2336disable_ipv6 - BOOLEAN
2337	Disable IPv6 operation.  If accept_dad is set to 2, this value
2338	will be dynamically set to TRUE if DAD fails for the link-local
2339	address.
2340
2341	Default: FALSE (enable IPv6 operation)
2342
2343	When this value is changed from 1 to 0 (IPv6 is being enabled),
2344	it will dynamically create a link-local address on the given
2345	interface and start Duplicate Address Detection, if necessary.
2346
2347	When this value is changed from 0 to 1 (IPv6 is being disabled),
2348	it will dynamically delete all addresses and routes on the given
2349	interface. From now on it will not possible to add addresses/routes
2350	to the selected interface.
2351
2352accept_dad - INTEGER
2353	Whether to accept DAD (Duplicate Address Detection).
2354
2355	 == ==============================================================
2356	  0  Disable DAD
2357	  1  Enable DAD (default)
2358	  2  Enable DAD, and disable IPv6 operation if MAC-based duplicate
2359	     link-local address has been found.
2360	 == ==============================================================
2361
2362	DAD operation and mode on a given interface will be selected according
2363	to the maximum value of conf/{all,interface}/accept_dad.
2364
2365force_tllao - BOOLEAN
2366	Enable sending the target link-layer address option even when
2367	responding to a unicast neighbor solicitation.
2368
2369	Default: FALSE
2370
2371	Quoting from RFC 2461, section 4.4, Target link-layer address:
2372
2373	"The option MUST be included for multicast solicitations in order to
2374	avoid infinite Neighbor Solicitation "recursion" when the peer node
2375	does not have a cache entry to return a Neighbor Advertisements
2376	message.  When responding to unicast solicitations, the option can be
2377	omitted since the sender of the solicitation has the correct link-
2378	layer address; otherwise it would not have be able to send the unicast
2379	solicitation in the first place. However, including the link-layer
2380	address in this case adds little overhead and eliminates a potential
2381	race condition where the sender deletes the cached link-layer address
2382	prior to receiving a response to a previous solicitation."
2383
2384ndisc_notify - BOOLEAN
2385	Define mode for notification of address and device changes.
2386
2387	* 0 - (default): do nothing
2388	* 1 - Generate unsolicited neighbour advertisements when device is brought
2389	  up or hardware address changes.
2390
2391ndisc_tclass - INTEGER
2392	The IPv6 Traffic Class to use by default when sending IPv6 Neighbor
2393	Discovery (Router Solicitation, Router Advertisement, Neighbor
2394	Solicitation, Neighbor Advertisement, Redirect) messages.
2395	These 8 bits can be interpreted as 6 high order bits holding the DSCP
2396	value and 2 low order bits representing ECN (which you probably want
2397	to leave cleared).
2398
2399	* 0 - (default)
2400
2401ndisc_evict_nocarrier - BOOLEAN
2402	Clears the neighbor discovery table on NOCARRIER events. This option is
2403	important for wireless devices where the neighbor discovery cache should
2404	not be cleared when roaming between access points on the same network.
2405	In most cases this should remain as the default (1).
2406
2407	- 1 - (default): Clear neighbor discover cache on NOCARRIER events.
2408	- 0 - Do not clear neighbor discovery cache on NOCARRIER events.
2409
2410mldv1_unsolicited_report_interval - INTEGER
2411	The interval in milliseconds in which the next unsolicited
2412	MLDv1 report retransmit will take place.
2413
2414	Default: 10000 (10 seconds)
2415
2416mldv2_unsolicited_report_interval - INTEGER
2417	The interval in milliseconds in which the next unsolicited
2418	MLDv2 report retransmit will take place.
2419
2420	Default: 1000 (1 second)
2421
2422force_mld_version - INTEGER
2423	* 0 - (default) No enforcement of a MLD version, MLDv1 fallback allowed
2424	* 1 - Enforce to use MLD version 1
2425	* 2 - Enforce to use MLD version 2
2426
2427suppress_frag_ndisc - INTEGER
2428	Control RFC 6980 (Security Implications of IPv6 Fragmentation
2429	with IPv6 Neighbor Discovery) behavior:
2430
2431	* 1 - (default) discard fragmented neighbor discovery packets
2432	* 0 - allow fragmented neighbor discovery packets
2433
2434optimistic_dad - BOOLEAN
2435	Whether to perform Optimistic Duplicate Address Detection (RFC 4429).
2436
2437	* 0: disabled (default)
2438	* 1: enabled
2439
2440	Optimistic Duplicate Address Detection for the interface will be enabled
2441	if at least one of conf/{all,interface}/optimistic_dad is set to 1,
2442	it will be disabled otherwise.
2443
2444use_optimistic - BOOLEAN
2445	If enabled, do not classify optimistic addresses as deprecated during
2446	source address selection.  Preferred addresses will still be chosen
2447	before optimistic addresses, subject to other ranking in the source
2448	address selection algorithm.
2449
2450	* 0: disabled (default)
2451	* 1: enabled
2452
2453	This will be enabled if at least one of
2454	conf/{all,interface}/use_optimistic is set to 1, disabled otherwise.
2455
2456stable_secret - IPv6 address
2457	This IPv6 address will be used as a secret to generate IPv6
2458	addresses for link-local addresses and autoconfigured
2459	ones. All addresses generated after setting this secret will
2460	be stable privacy ones by default. This can be changed via the
2461	addrgenmode ip-link. conf/default/stable_secret is used as the
2462	secret for the namespace, the interface specific ones can
2463	overwrite that. Writes to conf/all/stable_secret are refused.
2464
2465	It is recommended to generate this secret during installation
2466	of a system and keep it stable after that.
2467
2468	By default the stable secret is unset.
2469
2470addr_gen_mode - INTEGER
2471	Defines how link-local and autoconf addresses are generated.
2472
2473	=  =================================================================
2474	0  generate address based on EUI64 (default)
2475	1  do no generate a link-local address, use EUI64 for addresses
2476	   generated from autoconf
2477	2  generate stable privacy addresses, using the secret from
2478	   stable_secret (RFC7217)
2479	3  generate stable privacy addresses, using a random secret if unset
2480	=  =================================================================
2481
2482drop_unicast_in_l2_multicast - BOOLEAN
2483	Drop any unicast IPv6 packets that are received in link-layer
2484	multicast (or broadcast) frames.
2485
2486	By default this is turned off.
2487
2488drop_unsolicited_na - BOOLEAN
2489	Drop all unsolicited neighbor advertisements, for example if there's
2490	a known good NA proxy on the network and such frames need not be used
2491	(or in the case of 802.11, must not be used to prevent attacks.)
2492
2493	By default this is turned off.
2494
2495accept_untracked_na - INTEGER
2496	Define behavior for accepting neighbor advertisements from devices that
2497	are absent in the neighbor cache:
2498
2499	- 0 - (default) Do not accept unsolicited and untracked neighbor
2500	  advertisements.
2501
2502	- 1 - Add a new neighbor cache entry in STALE state for routers on
2503	  receiving a neighbor advertisement (either solicited or unsolicited)
2504	  with target link-layer address option specified if no neighbor entry
2505	  is already present for the advertised IPv6 address. Without this knob,
2506	  NAs received for untracked addresses (absent in neighbor cache) are
2507	  silently ignored.
2508
2509	  This is as per router-side behavior documented in RFC9131.
2510
2511	  This has lower precedence than drop_unsolicited_na.
2512
2513	  This will optimize the return path for the initial off-link
2514	  communication that is initiated by a directly connected host, by
2515	  ensuring that the first-hop router which turns on this setting doesn't
2516	  have to buffer the initial return packets to do neighbor-solicitation.
2517	  The prerequisite is that the host is configured to send unsolicited
2518	  neighbor advertisements on interface bringup. This setting should be
2519	  used in conjunction with the ndisc_notify setting on the host to
2520	  satisfy this prerequisite.
2521
2522	- 2 - Extend option (1) to add a new neighbor cache entry only if the
2523	  source IP address is in the same subnet as an address configured on
2524	  the interface that received the neighbor advertisement.
2525
2526enhanced_dad - BOOLEAN
2527	Include a nonce option in the IPv6 neighbor solicitation messages used for
2528	duplicate address detection per RFC7527. A received DAD NS will only signal
2529	a duplicate address if the nonce is different. This avoids any false
2530	detection of duplicates due to loopback of the NS messages that we send.
2531	The nonce option will be sent on an interface unless both of
2532	conf/{all,interface}/enhanced_dad are set to FALSE.
2533
2534	Default: TRUE
2535
2536``icmp/*``:
2537===========
2538
2539ratelimit - INTEGER
2540	Limit the maximal rates for sending ICMPv6 messages.
2541
2542	0 to disable any limiting,
2543	otherwise the minimal space between responses in milliseconds.
2544
2545	Default: 1000
2546
2547ratemask - list of comma separated ranges
2548	For ICMPv6 message types matching the ranges in the ratemask, limit
2549	the sending of the message according to ratelimit parameter.
2550
2551	The format used for both input and output is a comma separated
2552	list of ranges (e.g. "0-127,129" for ICMPv6 message type 0 to 127 and
2553	129). Writing to the file will clear all previous ranges of ICMPv6
2554	message types and update the current list with the input.
2555
2556	Refer to: https://www.iana.org/assignments/icmpv6-parameters/icmpv6-parameters.xhtml
2557	for numerical values of ICMPv6 message types, e.g. echo request is 128
2558	and echo reply is 129.
2559
2560	Default: 0-1,3-127 (rate limit ICMPv6 errors except Packet Too Big)
2561
2562echo_ignore_all - BOOLEAN
2563	If set non-zero, then the kernel will ignore all ICMP ECHO
2564	requests sent to it over the IPv6 protocol.
2565
2566	Default: 0
2567
2568echo_ignore_multicast - BOOLEAN
2569	If set non-zero, then the kernel will ignore all ICMP ECHO
2570	requests sent to it over the IPv6 protocol via multicast.
2571
2572	Default: 0
2573
2574echo_ignore_anycast - BOOLEAN
2575	If set non-zero, then the kernel will ignore all ICMP ECHO
2576	requests sent to it over the IPv6 protocol destined to anycast address.
2577
2578	Default: 0
2579
2580xfrm6_gc_thresh - INTEGER
2581	(Obsolete since linux-4.14)
2582	The threshold at which we will start garbage collecting for IPv6
2583	destination cache entries.  At twice this value the system will
2584	refuse new allocations.
2585
2586
2587IPv6 Update by:
2588Pekka Savola <pekkas@netcore.fi>
2589YOSHIFUJI Hideaki / USAGI Project <yoshfuji@linux-ipv6.org>
2590
2591
2592/proc/sys/net/bridge/* Variables:
2593=================================
2594
2595bridge-nf-call-arptables - BOOLEAN
2596	- 1 : pass bridged ARP traffic to arptables' FORWARD chain.
2597	- 0 : disable this.
2598
2599	Default: 1
2600
2601bridge-nf-call-iptables - BOOLEAN
2602	- 1 : pass bridged IPv4 traffic to iptables' chains.
2603	- 0 : disable this.
2604
2605	Default: 1
2606
2607bridge-nf-call-ip6tables - BOOLEAN
2608	- 1 : pass bridged IPv6 traffic to ip6tables' chains.
2609	- 0 : disable this.
2610
2611	Default: 1
2612
2613bridge-nf-filter-vlan-tagged - BOOLEAN
2614	- 1 : pass bridged vlan-tagged ARP/IP/IPv6 traffic to {arp,ip,ip6}tables.
2615	- 0 : disable this.
2616
2617	Default: 0
2618
2619bridge-nf-filter-pppoe-tagged - BOOLEAN
2620	- 1 : pass bridged pppoe-tagged IP/IPv6 traffic to {ip,ip6}tables.
2621	- 0 : disable this.
2622
2623	Default: 0
2624
2625bridge-nf-pass-vlan-input-dev - BOOLEAN
2626	- 1: if bridge-nf-filter-vlan-tagged is enabled, try to find a vlan
2627	  interface on the bridge and set the netfilter input device to the
2628	  vlan. This allows use of e.g. "iptables -i br0.1" and makes the
2629	  REDIRECT target work with vlan-on-top-of-bridge interfaces.  When no
2630	  matching vlan interface is found, or this switch is off, the input
2631	  device is set to the bridge interface.
2632
2633	- 0: disable bridge netfilter vlan interface lookup.
2634
2635	Default: 0
2636
2637``proc/sys/net/sctp/*`` Variables:
2638==================================
2639
2640addip_enable - BOOLEAN
2641	Enable or disable extension of  Dynamic Address Reconfiguration
2642	(ADD-IP) functionality specified in RFC5061.  This extension provides
2643	the ability to dynamically add and remove new addresses for the SCTP
2644	associations.
2645
2646	1: Enable extension.
2647
2648	0: Disable extension.
2649
2650	Default: 0
2651
2652pf_enable - INTEGER
2653	Enable or disable pf (pf is short for potentially failed) state. A value
2654	of pf_retrans > path_max_retrans also disables pf state. That is, one of
2655	both pf_enable and pf_retrans > path_max_retrans can disable pf state.
2656	Since pf_retrans and path_max_retrans can be changed by userspace
2657	application, sometimes user expects to disable pf state by the value of
2658	pf_retrans > path_max_retrans, but occasionally the value of pf_retrans
2659	or path_max_retrans is changed by the user application, this pf state is
2660	enabled. As such, it is necessary to add this to dynamically enable
2661	and disable pf state. See:
2662	https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-tsvwg-sctp-failover for
2663	details.
2664
2665	1: Enable pf.
2666
2667	0: Disable pf.
2668
2669	Default: 1
2670
2671pf_expose - INTEGER
2672	Unset or enable/disable pf (pf is short for potentially failed) state
2673	exposure.  Applications can control the exposure of the PF path state
2674	in the SCTP_PEER_ADDR_CHANGE event and the SCTP_GET_PEER_ADDR_INFO
2675	sockopt.   When it's unset, no SCTP_PEER_ADDR_CHANGE event with
2676	SCTP_ADDR_PF state will be sent and a SCTP_PF-state transport info
2677	can be got via SCTP_GET_PEER_ADDR_INFO sockopt;  When it's enabled,
2678	a SCTP_PEER_ADDR_CHANGE event will be sent for a transport becoming
2679	SCTP_PF state and a SCTP_PF-state transport info can be got via
2680	SCTP_GET_PEER_ADDR_INFO sockopt;  When it's diabled, no
2681	SCTP_PEER_ADDR_CHANGE event will be sent and it returns -EACCES when
2682	trying to get a SCTP_PF-state transport info via SCTP_GET_PEER_ADDR_INFO
2683	sockopt.
2684
2685	0: Unset pf state exposure, Compatible with old applications.
2686
2687	1: Disable pf state exposure.
2688
2689	2: Enable pf state exposure.
2690
2691	Default: 0
2692
2693addip_noauth_enable - BOOLEAN
2694	Dynamic Address Reconfiguration (ADD-IP) requires the use of
2695	authentication to protect the operations of adding or removing new
2696	addresses.  This requirement is mandated so that unauthorized hosts
2697	would not be able to hijack associations.  However, older
2698	implementations may not have implemented this requirement while
2699	allowing the ADD-IP extension.  For reasons of interoperability,
2700	we provide this variable to control the enforcement of the
2701	authentication requirement.
2702
2703	== ===============================================================
2704	1  Allow ADD-IP extension to be used without authentication.  This
2705	   should only be set in a closed environment for interoperability
2706	   with older implementations.
2707
2708	0  Enforce the authentication requirement
2709	== ===============================================================
2710
2711	Default: 0
2712
2713auth_enable - BOOLEAN
2714	Enable or disable Authenticated Chunks extension.  This extension
2715	provides the ability to send and receive authenticated chunks and is
2716	required for secure operation of Dynamic Address Reconfiguration
2717	(ADD-IP) extension.
2718
2719	- 1: Enable this extension.
2720	- 0: Disable this extension.
2721
2722	Default: 0
2723
2724prsctp_enable - BOOLEAN
2725	Enable or disable the Partial Reliability extension (RFC3758) which
2726	is used to notify peers that a given DATA should no longer be expected.
2727
2728	- 1: Enable extension
2729	- 0: Disable
2730
2731	Default: 1
2732
2733max_burst - INTEGER
2734	The limit of the number of new packets that can be initially sent.  It
2735	controls how bursty the generated traffic can be.
2736
2737	Default: 4
2738
2739association_max_retrans - INTEGER
2740	Set the maximum number for retransmissions that an association can
2741	attempt deciding that the remote end is unreachable.  If this value
2742	is exceeded, the association is terminated.
2743
2744	Default: 10
2745
2746max_init_retransmits - INTEGER
2747	The maximum number of retransmissions of INIT and COOKIE-ECHO chunks
2748	that an association will attempt before declaring the destination
2749	unreachable and terminating.
2750
2751	Default: 8
2752
2753path_max_retrans - INTEGER
2754	The maximum number of retransmissions that will be attempted on a given
2755	path.  Once this threshold is exceeded, the path is considered
2756	unreachable, and new traffic will use a different path when the
2757	association is multihomed.
2758
2759	Default: 5
2760
2761pf_retrans - INTEGER
2762	The number of retransmissions that will be attempted on a given path
2763	before traffic is redirected to an alternate transport (should one
2764	exist).  Note this is distinct from path_max_retrans, as a path that
2765	passes the pf_retrans threshold can still be used.  Its only
2766	deprioritized when a transmission path is selected by the stack.  This
2767	setting is primarily used to enable fast failover mechanisms without
2768	having to reduce path_max_retrans to a very low value.  See:
2769	http://www.ietf.org/id/draft-nishida-tsvwg-sctp-failover-05.txt
2770	for details.  Note also that a value of pf_retrans > path_max_retrans
2771	disables this feature. Since both pf_retrans and path_max_retrans can
2772	be changed by userspace application, a variable pf_enable is used to
2773	disable pf state.
2774
2775	Default: 0
2776
2777ps_retrans - INTEGER
2778	Primary.Switchover.Max.Retrans (PSMR), it's a tunable parameter coming
2779	from section-5 "Primary Path Switchover" in rfc7829.  The primary path
2780	will be changed to another active path when the path error counter on
2781	the old primary path exceeds PSMR, so that "the SCTP sender is allowed
2782	to continue data transmission on a new working path even when the old
2783	primary destination address becomes active again".   Note this feature
2784	is disabled by initializing 'ps_retrans' per netns as 0xffff by default,
2785	and its value can't be less than 'pf_retrans' when changing by sysctl.
2786
2787	Default: 0xffff
2788
2789rto_initial - INTEGER
2790	The initial round trip timeout value in milliseconds that will be used
2791	in calculating round trip times.  This is the initial time interval
2792	for retransmissions.
2793
2794	Default: 3000
2795
2796rto_max - INTEGER
2797	The maximum value (in milliseconds) of the round trip timeout.  This
2798	is the largest time interval that can elapse between retransmissions.
2799
2800	Default: 60000
2801
2802rto_min - INTEGER
2803	The minimum value (in milliseconds) of the round trip timeout.  This
2804	is the smallest time interval the can elapse between retransmissions.
2805
2806	Default: 1000
2807
2808hb_interval - INTEGER
2809	The interval (in milliseconds) between HEARTBEAT chunks.  These chunks
2810	are sent at the specified interval on idle paths to probe the state of
2811	a given path between 2 associations.
2812
2813	Default: 30000
2814
2815sack_timeout - INTEGER
2816	The amount of time (in milliseconds) that the implementation will wait
2817	to send a SACK.
2818
2819	Default: 200
2820
2821valid_cookie_life - INTEGER
2822	The default lifetime of the SCTP cookie (in milliseconds).  The cookie
2823	is used during association establishment.
2824
2825	Default: 60000
2826
2827cookie_preserve_enable - BOOLEAN
2828	Enable or disable the ability to extend the lifetime of the SCTP cookie
2829	that is used during the establishment phase of SCTP association
2830
2831	- 1: Enable cookie lifetime extension.
2832	- 0: Disable
2833
2834	Default: 1
2835
2836cookie_hmac_alg - STRING
2837	Select the hmac algorithm used when generating the cookie value sent by
2838	a listening sctp socket to a connecting client in the INIT-ACK chunk.
2839	Valid values are:
2840
2841	* md5
2842	* sha1
2843	* none
2844
2845	Ability to assign md5 or sha1 as the selected alg is predicated on the
2846	configuration of those algorithms at build time (CONFIG_CRYPTO_MD5 and
2847	CONFIG_CRYPTO_SHA1).
2848
2849	Default: Dependent on configuration.  MD5 if available, else SHA1 if
2850	available, else none.
2851
2852rcvbuf_policy - INTEGER
2853	Determines if the receive buffer is attributed to the socket or to
2854	association.   SCTP supports the capability to create multiple
2855	associations on a single socket.  When using this capability, it is
2856	possible that a single stalled association that's buffering a lot
2857	of data may block other associations from delivering their data by
2858	consuming all of the receive buffer space.  To work around this,
2859	the rcvbuf_policy could be set to attribute the receiver buffer space
2860	to each association instead of the socket.  This prevents the described
2861	blocking.
2862
2863	- 1: rcvbuf space is per association
2864	- 0: rcvbuf space is per socket
2865
2866	Default: 0
2867
2868sndbuf_policy - INTEGER
2869	Similar to rcvbuf_policy above, this applies to send buffer space.
2870
2871	- 1: Send buffer is tracked per association
2872	- 0: Send buffer is tracked per socket.
2873
2874	Default: 0
2875
2876sctp_mem - vector of 3 INTEGERs: min, pressure, max
2877	Number of pages allowed for queueing by all SCTP sockets.
2878
2879	min: Below this number of pages SCTP is not bothered about its
2880	memory appetite. When amount of memory allocated by SCTP exceeds
2881	this number, SCTP starts to moderate memory usage.
2882
2883	pressure: This value was introduced to follow format of tcp_mem.
2884
2885	max: Number of pages allowed for queueing by all SCTP sockets.
2886
2887	Default is calculated at boot time from amount of available memory.
2888
2889sctp_rmem - vector of 3 INTEGERs: min, default, max
2890	Only the first value ("min") is used, "default" and "max" are
2891	ignored.
2892
2893	min: Minimal size of receive buffer used by SCTP socket.
2894	It is guaranteed to each SCTP socket (but not association) even
2895	under moderate memory pressure.
2896
2897	Default: 4K
2898
2899sctp_wmem  - vector of 3 INTEGERs: min, default, max
2900	Only the first value ("min") is used, "default" and "max" are
2901	ignored.
2902
2903	min: Minimum size of send buffer that can be used by SCTP sockets.
2904	It is guaranteed to each SCTP socket (but not association) even
2905	under moderate memory pressure.
2906
2907	Default: 4K
2908
2909addr_scope_policy - INTEGER
2910	Control IPv4 address scoping - draft-stewart-tsvwg-sctp-ipv4-00
2911
2912	- 0   - Disable IPv4 address scoping
2913	- 1   - Enable IPv4 address scoping
2914	- 2   - Follow draft but allow IPv4 private addresses
2915	- 3   - Follow draft but allow IPv4 link local addresses
2916
2917	Default: 1
2918
2919udp_port - INTEGER
2920	The listening port for the local UDP tunneling sock. Normally it's
2921	using the IANA-assigned UDP port number 9899 (sctp-tunneling).
2922
2923	This UDP sock is used for processing the incoming UDP-encapsulated
2924	SCTP packets (from RFC6951), and shared by all applications in the
2925	same net namespace. This UDP sock will be closed when the value is
2926	set to 0.
2927
2928	The value will also be used to set the src port of the UDP header
2929	for the outgoing UDP-encapsulated SCTP packets. For the dest port,
2930	please refer to 'encap_port' below.
2931
2932	Default: 0
2933
2934encap_port - INTEGER
2935	The default remote UDP encapsulation port.
2936
2937	This value is used to set the dest port of the UDP header for the
2938	outgoing UDP-encapsulated SCTP packets by default. Users can also
2939	change the value for each sock/asoc/transport by using setsockopt.
2940	For further information, please refer to RFC6951.
2941
2942	Note that when connecting to a remote server, the client should set
2943	this to the port that the UDP tunneling sock on the peer server is
2944	listening to and the local UDP tunneling sock on the client also
2945	must be started. On the server, it would get the encap_port from
2946	the incoming packet's source port.
2947
2948	Default: 0
2949
2950plpmtud_probe_interval - INTEGER
2951        The time interval (in milliseconds) for the PLPMTUD probe timer,
2952        which is configured to expire after this period to receive an
2953        acknowledgment to a probe packet. This is also the time interval
2954        between the probes for the current pmtu when the probe search
2955        is done.
2956
2957        PLPMTUD will be disabled when 0 is set, and other values for it
2958        must be >= 5000.
2959
2960	Default: 0
2961
2962reconf_enable - BOOLEAN
2963        Enable or disable extension of Stream Reconfiguration functionality
2964        specified in RFC6525. This extension provides the ability to "reset"
2965        a stream, and it includes the Parameters of "Outgoing/Incoming SSN
2966        Reset", "SSN/TSN Reset" and "Add Outgoing/Incoming Streams".
2967
2968	- 1: Enable extension.
2969	- 0: Disable extension.
2970
2971	Default: 0
2972
2973intl_enable - BOOLEAN
2974        Enable or disable extension of User Message Interleaving functionality
2975        specified in RFC8260. This extension allows the interleaving of user
2976        messages sent on different streams. With this feature enabled, I-DATA
2977        chunk will replace DATA chunk to carry user messages if also supported
2978        by the peer. Note that to use this feature, one needs to set this option
2979        to 1 and also needs to set socket options SCTP_FRAGMENT_INTERLEAVE to 2
2980        and SCTP_INTERLEAVING_SUPPORTED to 1.
2981
2982	- 1: Enable extension.
2983	- 0: Disable extension.
2984
2985	Default: 0
2986
2987ecn_enable - BOOLEAN
2988        Control use of Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN) by SCTP.
2989        Like in TCP, ECN is used only when both ends of the SCTP connection
2990        indicate support for it. This feature is useful in avoiding losses
2991        due to congestion by allowing supporting routers to signal congestion
2992        before having to drop packets.
2993
2994        1: Enable ecn.
2995        0: Disable ecn.
2996
2997        Default: 1
2998
2999
3000``/proc/sys/net/core/*``
3001========================
3002
3003	Please see: Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/net.rst for descriptions of these entries.
3004
3005
3006``/proc/sys/net/unix/*``
3007========================
3008
3009max_dgram_qlen - INTEGER
3010	The maximum length of dgram socket receive queue
3011
3012	Default: 10
3013
3014