Re: sysctl.conf

2013-10-27 Thread Reco
Hi. On Sun, 27 Oct 2013 11:25:15 +0400 Dmitrii Kashin wrote: > Sysctl is used in order to give kernel some default parameters to work. > The most common cases to use it: > - to allow packets redirection > - to enable/disable ipv6 support > - to change console behavior and printk output. > ..and

Re: sysctl.conf

2013-10-27 Thread Dmitrii Kashin
Roland RoLaNd writes: > that's the thing, i'm reading up on sysctl and don't have the > necessary knowledge to know what to "expect" at the moment. You have to know what you will get in the end. In my opinion it is strongly recommended. You could begin with something easier, for example, configu

Re: sysctl.conf

2013-10-27 Thread Dmitrii Kashin
Roland RoLaNd writes: > All, > I'm reading up on how to harden debian.i just checked /etc/sysctl.conf > and noticed that everything is commented out.do that mean they're > running as defaults or none of what exists in this file is > implemented? All of options in de

Re: sysctl.conf

2013-10-26 Thread Tom H
On Sat, Oct 26, 2013 at 7:58 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Sat, 2013-10-26 at 21:37 +0200, Roland RoLaNd wrote: >> >> I'm reading up on how to harden debian. >> i just checked /etc/sysctl.conf and noticed that everything is >> commented out. >> do that mean

Re: sysctl.conf

2013-10-26 Thread Tom H
On Sat, Oct 26, 2013 at 7:37 PM, Roland RoLaNd wrote: > > I'm reading up on how to harden debian. > i just checked /etc/sysctl.conf and noticed that everything is commented > out. > do that mean they're running as defaults or none of what exists in this file > is imp

RE: sysctl.conf

2013-10-26 Thread Roland RoLaNd
P redirects (prevent MITM attacks) 44 #net.ipv4.conf.all.accept_redirects = 0 45 #net.ipv6.conf.all.accept_redirects = 0 > Subject: Re: sysctl.conf > From: ralf.mard...@alice-dsl.net > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2013 21:58:59 +0200 > > On Sat, 2013-10-26 a

Re: sysctl.conf

2013-10-26 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Sat, 2013-10-26 at 21:37 +0200, Roland RoLaNd wrote: > All, > > > I'm reading up on how to harden debian. > i just checked /etc/sysctl.conf and noticed that everything is > commented out. > do that mean they're running as defaults or none of what exists in &g

sysctl.conf

2013-10-26 Thread Roland RoLaNd
All, I'm reading up on how to harden debian.i just checked /etc/sysctl.conf and noticed that everything is commented out.do that mean they're running as defaults or none of what exists in this file is implemented?