On Mar 02, Charlie Grosvenor wrote:
> Hi
> Could somebody tell me how to turn on ip spoof protection on debian
> woody with a 2.4 kernel? I am not sure what syn cookies is but how do
> you turn it on anyway?
>
/etc/network/options
this should help you :) afterwards type:
/etc/init.d/networking restart
or reboot :) However the rebooting is blasphemous and not recommended :)
As to what syncookies are I recommend a read of
ftp://koobera.math.uic.edu/syncookies.html
and yes that is 'ftp' :) After you have done that you may want a quick read
of
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/55/24189.html
Alex
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