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tcp: Generalized TTL Security Mechanism
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This patch adds the kernel portions needed to implement
RFC 5082 Generalized TTL Security Mechanism (GTSM).
It is a lightweight security measure against forged
packets causing DoS attacks (for BGP). 

This is already implemented the same way in BSD kernels.
For the necessary Quagga patch 
  http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/quagga/dev/17389

Description from Cisco
  http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/ios/12_3t/12_3t7/feature/guide/gt_btsh.html

It does add one byte to each socket structure, but I did
a little rearrangement to reuse a hole (on 64 bit), but it
does grow the structure on 32 bit

This should be documented on ip(4) man page and the Glibc in.h
file also needs update.  IPV6_MINHOPLIMIT should also be added
(although BSD doesn't support that).  

Only TCP is supported, but could also be added to UDP, DCCP, SCTP
if desired.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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Stephen Hemminger authored and David S. Miller committed Jan 12, 2010
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2 changes: 2 additions & 0 deletions include/linux/in.h
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Expand Up @@ -84,6 +84,8 @@ struct in_addr {
#define IP_ORIGDSTADDR 20
#define IP_RECVORIGDSTADDR IP_ORIGDSTADDR

#define IP_MINTTL 21

/* IP_MTU_DISCOVER values */
#define IP_PMTUDISC_DONT 0 /* Never send DF frames */
#define IP_PMTUDISC_WANT 1 /* Use per route hints */
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4 changes: 3 additions & 1 deletion include/net/inet_sock.h
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Expand Up @@ -122,10 +122,12 @@ struct inet_sock {
__be32 inet_saddr;
__s16 uc_ttl;
__u16 cmsg_flags;
struct ip_options *opt;
__be16 inet_sport;
__u16 inet_id;

struct ip_options *opt;
__u8 tos;
__u8 min_ttl;
__u8 mc_ttl;
__u8 pmtudisc;
__u8 recverr:1,
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14 changes: 13 additions & 1 deletion net/ipv4/ip_sockglue.c
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Expand Up @@ -451,7 +451,8 @@ static int do_ip_setsockopt(struct sock *sk, int level,
(1<<IP_TTL) | (1<<IP_HDRINCL) |
(1<<IP_MTU_DISCOVER) | (1<<IP_RECVERR) |
(1<<IP_ROUTER_ALERT) | (1<<IP_FREEBIND) |
(1<<IP_PASSSEC) | (1<<IP_TRANSPARENT))) ||
(1<<IP_PASSSEC) | (1<<IP_TRANSPARENT) |
(1<<IP_MINTTL))) ||
optname == IP_MULTICAST_TTL ||
optname == IP_MULTICAST_ALL ||
optname == IP_MULTICAST_LOOP ||
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inet->transparent = !!val;
break;

case IP_MINTTL:
if (optlen < 1)
goto e_inval;
if (val < 0 || val > 255)
goto e_inval;
inet->min_ttl = val;
break;

default:
err = -ENOPROTOOPT;
break;
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case IP_TRANSPARENT:
val = inet->transparent;
break;
case IP_MINTTL:
val = inet->min_ttl;
break;
default:
release_sock(sk);
return -ENOPROTOOPT;
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3 changes: 3 additions & 0 deletions net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c
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Expand Up @@ -1649,6 +1649,9 @@ int tcp_v4_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb)
if (!sk)
goto no_tcp_socket;

if (iph->ttl < inet_sk(sk)->min_ttl)
goto discard_and_relse;

process:
if (sk->sk_state == TCP_TIME_WAIT)
goto do_time_wait;
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