On Sun, 20 Dec 2009 02:49:53 +0100
Andrzej Odyniec <[email protected]> wrote:

> Tom Eastep wrote:
> > In kernel 2.6.31, the handling of the rp_filter interface option was
> > changed incompatibly. Previously, the effective value was determined
> > by the setting of net.ipv4.config.dev.proxy_arp logically ANDed with
> > the setting of net.ipv4.config.all.proxy_arp.
> > 
> > Beginning with kernel 2.6.31, the value is the arithmetic MAX of
> > those two values. Additionally, a 'loose' routefiltering facility
> > is now enabled by setting the effective value of proxy_arp to 2.
> > 
> > Given that Shorewall sets net.ipv4.config.all.proxy_arp to 1 if
> > there are any interfaces specifying 'routefilter', specifying
> > 'routefilter' on any interface has the effect of setting the option
> > on all interfaces.

That should have been:

        Given that Shorewall sets net.ipv4.config.all.rp_filter to 1...

-Tom
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Tom Eastep        \ When I die, I want to go like my Grandfather who
Shoreline,         \ died peacefully in his sleep. Not screaming like
Washington, USA     \ all of the passengers in his car
http://shorewall.net \________________________________________________

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