From d8513df2598e5142f8a5c4724f28411936e1dfc7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "David S. Miller" Date: Thu, 2 Jan 2020 16:07:38 -0800 Subject: net: Correct type of tcp_syncookies sysctl. It can take on the values of '0', '1', and '2' and thus is not a boolean. Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'Documentation/networking') diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt index fd26788e8c96..48ccb1b31160 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt @@ -603,7 +603,7 @@ tcp_synack_retries - INTEGER with the current initial RTO of 1second. With this the final timeout for a passive TCP connection will happen after 63seconds. -tcp_syncookies - BOOLEAN +tcp_syncookies - INTEGER Only valid when the kernel was compiled with CONFIG_SYN_COOKIES Send out syncookies when the syn backlog queue of a socket overflows. This is to prevent against the common 'SYN flood attack' -- cgit v1.2.3-59-g8ed1b