On 2013-09-18 10:39, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> Hi,
>
> archlinux.org claims "If you never customized /etc/sysctl.conf, you
> have nothing to do", while archlinux.de's claim is that only those
> settings
>
> "# Protection from the SYN flood attack.
> net.ipv4.tcp_syncookies = 1
> # Disable packet forwarding.
> net.ipv4.ip_forward = 0
> net.ipv6.conf.all.forwarding = 0"
>
> were used by a /etc/sysctl.conf that never was customized.
>
> I never customized the /etc/sysctl.conf on my machine, but it contains
> other enabled entries too.
At least on my laptop and desktop, which are both fairly old
installations, these are the only ones in there.
$ grep -v '^#\|^$' /etc/sysctl.conf
net.ipv4.tcp_syncookies = 1
net.ipv4.ip_forward = 0
net.ipv6.conf.all.forwarding = 0
Maybe it was modified without your knowledge?
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