Re: Changes to /etc/init.d/networking

2001-04-15 Thread Daniel Stone
On Sat, Apr 14, 2001 at 12:39:13AM +0100, James Troup wrote: > Daniel Stone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > There's enough people out there confused *without* Debian setting a > > default value like this; > > Debian doesn't. Read the script. It does. You have eyes. Use them. It's that bloody s

Re: Changes to /etc/init.d/networking

2001-04-14 Thread Bernd Eckenfels
On Fri, Apr 13, 2001 at 07:28:38AM -0600, Stefan Srdic wrote: > That could explain a few problems that I have been having while attempting to > download from the net through my Windows clients, Well, Windows and most routers do not have a problem. Only large Firewalls, notably PIX needs a OS Upgra

Re: Changes to /etc/init.d/networking

2001-04-14 Thread Rene Mayrhofer
> Would it be recomended to execute an IPTables script via the networking init > script? I am starting it via a pre-up statement from /etc/network/interfaces. Rene

Re: Changes to /etc/init.d/networking

2001-04-14 Thread Bernd Eckenfels
On Fri, Apr 13, 2001 at 06:22:53AM -0600, Stefan Srdic wrote: > Evil? I though ECN would be a good thing since my machine acts as a DNS > server, > SAMBA server and Masquerading server for a small LAN. Was I wrong in my > assumtion? Currently some Firewalls on the Internet will block ECN Connecti

Re: Changes to /etc/init.d/networking

2001-04-13 Thread Gordon Sadler
On Fri, Apr 13, 2001 at 07:28:38AM -0600, Stefan Srdic wrote: > Daniel Stone wrote: > > > Well, there's been a raging debate on linux-kernel about this. Basically, > > some Cisco routers are broken, as the (outdated) RFC specified that this > > field (the one for ECN) was "reserved", so Cisco took

Re: Changes to /etc/init.d/networking

2001-04-13 Thread Daniel Stone
On Fri, Apr 13, 2001 at 07:28:38AM -0600, Stefan Srdic wrote: > Daniel Stone wrote: > > > Well, there's been a raging debate on linux-kernel about this. Basically, > > some Cisco routers are broken, as the (outdated) RFC specified that this > > field (the one for ECN) was "reserved", so Cisco took

Re: Changes to /etc/init.d/networking

2001-04-13 Thread Stefan Srdic
Daniel Stone wrote: > Well, there's been a raging debate on linux-kernel about this. Basically, > some Cisco routers are broken, as the (outdated) RFC specified that this > field (the one for ECN) was "reserved", so Cisco took that to mean "must be > zero". Hence, when you turn ECN on, a lot of Ci

Re: Changes to /etc/init.d/networking

2001-04-13 Thread Daniel Stone
On Fri, Apr 13, 2001 at 06:22:53AM -0600, Stefan Srdic wrote: > Daniel Stone wrote: > > > On Fri, Apr 13, 2001 at 03:42:32AM -0600, Stefan Srdic wrote: > > > echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_ecn > > > > What sort of evil is this? > > Evil? I though ECN would be a good thing since my machine ac

Re: Changes to /etc/init.d/networking

2001-04-13 Thread Stefan Srdic
Daniel Stone wrote: > On Fri, Apr 13, 2001 at 03:42:32AM -0600, Stefan Srdic wrote: > > echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_ecn > > What sort of evil is this? Evil? I though ECN would be a good thing since my machine acts as a DNS server, SAMBA server and Masquerading server for a small LAN. Was

Re: Changes to /etc/init.d/networking

2001-04-13 Thread James Troup
Daniel Stone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > There's enough people out there confused *without* Debian setting a > default value like this; Debian doesn't. -- James - [still idly wondering where the developer part kicks in]

Re: Changes to /etc/init.d/networking

2001-04-13 Thread Daniel Stone
On Sat, Apr 14, 2001 at 12:27:03AM +0100, James Troup wrote: > Daniel Stone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > On Fri, Apr 13, 2001 at 03:42:32AM -0600, Stefan Srdic wrote: > > > echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_ecn > > > > What sort of evil is this? > > > > -- > > Daniel Stone > > Linux Kern

Re: Changes to /etc/init.d/networking

2001-04-13 Thread James Troup
Daniel Stone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Fri, Apr 13, 2001 at 03:42:32AM -0600, Stefan Srdic wrote: > > echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_ecn > > What sort of evil is this? > > -- > Daniel Stone > Linux Kernel Developer ^^ Surely a "Linux Kernel Developer" such as

Re: Changes to /etc/init.d/networking

2001-04-13 Thread Daniel Stone
On Fri, Apr 13, 2001 at 03:42:32AM -0600, Stefan Srdic wrote: > echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_ecn What sort of evil is this? -- Daniel Stone Linux Kernel Developer [EMAIL PROTECTED] -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- Version: 3.1 G!>CS d s++:- a C++ ULS$>B P L+++> E+(joe)>+++

Changes to /etc/init.d/networking

2001-04-13 Thread Stefan Srdic
I've made some changes to the networking init file. My primary goal was to increase network throughput and to increase system security as well. So far I've made some progress but have also ran into several questions that need some anwsers. I found the original /etc/init.d/networking script easy to