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netfilter: doc: add nf_conntrack sysctl api documentation
I grepped through the code and picked bits about nf_conntrack sysctl api and put that into one documentation file. [ I have mangled this patch including comments from several grammar improvements proposed by Neal Murphy <neal.p.murphy@alum.wpi.edu>, any new grammar error is my mistake --pablo ] Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@resnulli.us> Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
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/proc/sys/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_* Variables: | ||
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nf_conntrack_acct - BOOLEAN | ||
0 - disabled (default) | ||
not 0 - enabled | ||
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Enable connection tracking flow accounting. 64-bit byte and packet | ||
counters per flow are added. | ||
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nf_conntrack_buckets - INTEGER (read-only) | ||
Size of hash table. If not specified as parameter during module | ||
loading, the default size is calculated by dividing total memory | ||
by 16384 to determine the number of buckets but the hash table will | ||
never have fewer than 32 or more than 16384 buckets. | ||
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nf_conntrack_checksum - BOOLEAN | ||
0 - disabled | ||
not 0 - enabled (default) | ||
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Verify checksum of incoming packets. Packets with bad checksums are | ||
in INVALID state. If this is enabled, such packets will not be | ||
considered for connection tracking. | ||
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nf_conntrack_count - INTEGER (read-only) | ||
Number of currently allocated flow entries. | ||
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nf_conntrack_events - BOOLEAN | ||
0 - disabled | ||
not 0 - enabled (default) | ||
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If this option is enabled, the connection tracking code will | ||
provide userspace with connection tracking events via ctnetlink. | ||
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nf_conntrack_events_retry_timeout - INTEGER (seconds) | ||
default 15 | ||
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This option is only relevant when "reliable connection tracking | ||
events" are used. Normally, ctnetlink is "lossy", that is, | ||
events are normally dropped when userspace listeners can't keep up. | ||
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Userspace can request "reliable event mode". When this mode is | ||
active, the conntrack will only be destroyed after the event was | ||
delivered. If event delivery fails, the kernel periodically | ||
re-tries to send the event to userspace. | ||
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This is the maximum interval the kernel should use when re-trying | ||
to deliver the destroy event. | ||
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A higher number means there will be fewer delivery retries and it | ||
will take longer for a backlog to be processed. | ||
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nf_conntrack_expect_max - INTEGER | ||
Maximum size of expectation table. Default value is | ||
nf_conntrack_buckets / 256. Minimum is 1. | ||
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nf_conntrack_frag6_high_thresh - INTEGER | ||
default 262144 | ||
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Maximum memory used to reassemble IPv6 fragments. When | ||
nf_conntrack_frag6_high_thresh bytes of memory is allocated for this | ||
purpose, the fragment handler will toss packets until | ||
nf_conntrack_frag6_low_thresh is reached. | ||
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nf_conntrack_frag6_low_thresh - INTEGER | ||
default 196608 | ||
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See nf_conntrack_frag6_low_thresh | ||
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nf_conntrack_frag6_timeout - INTEGER (seconds) | ||
default 60 | ||
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Time to keep an IPv6 fragment in memory. | ||
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nf_conntrack_generic_timeout - INTEGER (seconds) | ||
default 600 | ||
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Default for generic timeout. This refers to layer 4 unknown/unsupported | ||
protocols. | ||
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nf_conntrack_helper - BOOLEAN | ||
0 - disabled | ||
not 0 - enabled (default) | ||
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Enable automatic conntrack helper assignment. | ||
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nf_conntrack_icmp_timeout - INTEGER (seconds) | ||
default 30 | ||
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Default for ICMP timeout. | ||
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nf_conntrack_icmpv6_timeout - INTEGER (seconds) | ||
default 30 | ||
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Default for ICMP6 timeout. | ||
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nf_conntrack_log_invalid - INTEGER | ||
0 - disable (default) | ||
1 - log ICMP packets | ||
6 - log TCP packets | ||
17 - log UDP packets | ||
33 - log DCCP packets | ||
41 - log ICMPv6 packets | ||
136 - log UDPLITE packets | ||
255 - log packets of any protocol | ||
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Log invalid packets of a type specified by value. | ||
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nf_conntrack_max - INTEGER | ||
Size of connection tracking table. Default value is | ||
nf_conntrack_buckets value * 4. | ||
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nf_conntrack_tcp_be_liberal - BOOLEAN | ||
0 - disabled (default) | ||
not 0 - enabled | ||
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Be conservative in what you do, be liberal in what you accept from others. | ||
If it's non-zero, we mark only out of window RST segments as INVALID. | ||
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nf_conntrack_tcp_loose - BOOLEAN | ||
0 - disabled | ||
not 0 - enabled (default) | ||
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If it is set to zero, we disable picking up already established | ||
connections. | ||
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nf_conntrack_tcp_max_retrans - INTEGER | ||
default 3 | ||
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Maximum number of packets that can be retransmitted without | ||
received an (acceptable) ACK from the destination. If this number | ||
is reached, a shorter timer will be started. | ||
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nf_conntrack_tcp_timeout_close - INTEGER (seconds) | ||
default 10 | ||
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nf_conntrack_tcp_timeout_close_wait - INTEGER (seconds) | ||
default 60 | ||
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nf_conntrack_tcp_timeout_established - INTEGER (seconds) | ||
default 432000 (5 days) | ||
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nf_conntrack_tcp_timeout_fin_wait - INTEGER (seconds) | ||
default 120 | ||
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nf_conntrack_tcp_timeout_last_ack - INTEGER (seconds) | ||
default 30 | ||
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nf_conntrack_tcp_timeout_max_retrans - INTEGER (seconds) | ||
default 300 | ||
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nf_conntrack_tcp_timeout_syn_recv - INTEGER (seconds) | ||
default 60 | ||
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nf_conntrack_tcp_timeout_syn_sent - INTEGER (seconds) | ||
default 120 | ||
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nf_conntrack_tcp_timeout_time_wait - INTEGER (seconds) | ||
default 120 | ||
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nf_conntrack_tcp_timeout_unacknowledged - INTEGER (seconds) | ||
default 300 | ||
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nf_conntrack_timestamp - BOOLEAN | ||
0 - disabled (default) | ||
not 0 - enabled | ||
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Enable connection tracking flow timestamping. | ||
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nf_conntrack_udp_timeout - INTEGER (seconds) | ||
default 30 | ||
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nf_conntrack_udp_timeout_stream2 - INTEGER (seconds) | ||
default 180 | ||
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This extended timeout will be used in case there is an UDP stream | ||
detected. |