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	netfilter: doc: add nf_conntrack sysctl api documentation
I grepped through the code and picked bits about nf_conntrack sysctl api and put that into one documentation file. [ I have mangled this patch including comments from several grammar improvements proposed by Neal Murphy <neal.p.murphy@alum.wpi.edu>, any new grammar error is my mistake --pablo ] Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@resnulli.us> Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
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					/proc/sys/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_* Variables:
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					nf_conntrack_acct - BOOLEAN
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						0 - disabled (default)
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						not 0 - enabled
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						Enable connection tracking flow accounting. 64-bit byte and packet
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						counters per flow are added.
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					nf_conntrack_buckets - INTEGER (read-only)
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						Size of hash table. If not specified as parameter during module
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						loading, the default size is calculated by dividing total memory
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						by 16384 to determine the number of buckets but the hash table will
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						never have fewer than 32 or more than 16384 buckets.
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					nf_conntrack_checksum - BOOLEAN
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						0 - disabled
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						not 0 - enabled (default)
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						Verify checksum of incoming packets. Packets with bad checksums are
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						in INVALID state. If this is enabled, such packets will not be
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						considered for connection tracking.
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					nf_conntrack_count - INTEGER (read-only)
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						Number of currently allocated flow entries.
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					nf_conntrack_events - BOOLEAN
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						0 - disabled
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						not 0 - enabled (default)
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						If this option is enabled, the connection tracking code will
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						provide userspace with connection tracking events via ctnetlink.
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					nf_conntrack_events_retry_timeout - INTEGER (seconds)
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						default 15
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						This option is only relevant when "reliable connection tracking
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						events" are used.  Normally, ctnetlink is "lossy", that is,
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						events are normally dropped when userspace listeners can't keep up.
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						Userspace can request "reliable event mode".  When this mode is
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						active, the conntrack will only be destroyed after the event was
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						delivered.  If event delivery fails, the kernel periodically
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						re-tries to send the event to userspace.
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						This is the maximum interval the kernel should use when re-trying
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						to deliver the destroy event.
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						A higher number means there will be fewer delivery retries and it
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						will take longer for a backlog to be processed.
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					nf_conntrack_expect_max - INTEGER
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						Maximum size of expectation table.  Default value is
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						nf_conntrack_buckets / 256. Minimum is 1.
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					nf_conntrack_frag6_high_thresh - INTEGER
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						default 262144
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						Maximum memory used to reassemble IPv6 fragments.  When
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						nf_conntrack_frag6_high_thresh bytes of memory is allocated for this
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						purpose, the fragment handler will toss packets until
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						nf_conntrack_frag6_low_thresh is reached.
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					nf_conntrack_frag6_low_thresh - INTEGER
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						default 196608
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						See nf_conntrack_frag6_low_thresh
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					nf_conntrack_frag6_timeout - INTEGER (seconds)
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						default 60
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						Time to keep an IPv6 fragment in memory.
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					nf_conntrack_generic_timeout - INTEGER (seconds)
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						default 600
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						Default for generic timeout.  This refers to layer 4 unknown/unsupported
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						protocols.
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					nf_conntrack_helper - BOOLEAN
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						0 - disabled
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						not 0 - enabled (default)
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						Enable automatic conntrack helper assignment.
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					nf_conntrack_icmp_timeout - INTEGER (seconds)
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						default 30
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						Default for ICMP timeout.
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					nf_conntrack_icmpv6_timeout - INTEGER (seconds)
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						default 30
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						Default for ICMP6 timeout.
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					nf_conntrack_log_invalid - INTEGER
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						0   - disable (default)
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						1   - log ICMP packets
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						6   - log TCP packets
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						17  - log UDP packets
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						33  - log DCCP packets
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						41  - log ICMPv6 packets
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						136 - log UDPLITE packets
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						255 - log packets of any protocol
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						Log invalid packets of a type specified by value.
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					nf_conntrack_max - INTEGER
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						Size of connection tracking table.  Default value is
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						nf_conntrack_buckets value * 4.
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					nf_conntrack_tcp_be_liberal - BOOLEAN
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						0 - disabled (default)
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						not 0 - enabled
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						Be conservative in what you do, be liberal in what you accept from others.
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						If it's non-zero, we mark only out of window RST segments as INVALID.
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					nf_conntrack_tcp_loose - BOOLEAN
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						not 0 - enabled (default)
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						If it is set to zero, we disable picking up already established
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						connections.
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					nf_conntrack_tcp_max_retrans - INTEGER
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						default 3
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						Maximum number of packets that can be retransmitted without
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						received an (acceptable) ACK from the destination. If this number
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						is reached, a shorter timer will be started.
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					nf_conntrack_tcp_timeout_close - INTEGER (seconds)
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						default 10
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					nf_conntrack_tcp_timeout_close_wait - INTEGER (seconds)
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						default 60
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					nf_conntrack_tcp_timeout_established - INTEGER (seconds)
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						default 432000 (5 days)
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					nf_conntrack_tcp_timeout_fin_wait - INTEGER (seconds)
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						default 120
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					nf_conntrack_tcp_timeout_last_ack - INTEGER (seconds)
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						default 30
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					nf_conntrack_tcp_timeout_max_retrans - INTEGER (seconds)
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						default 300
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					nf_conntrack_tcp_timeout_syn_recv - INTEGER (seconds)
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						default 60
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					nf_conntrack_tcp_timeout_syn_sent - INTEGER (seconds)
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						default 120
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					nf_conntrack_tcp_timeout_time_wait - INTEGER (seconds)
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						default 120
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					nf_conntrack_tcp_timeout_unacknowledged - INTEGER (seconds)
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						default 300
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					nf_conntrack_timestamp - BOOLEAN
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						Enable connection tracking flow timestamping.
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						default 30
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						default 180
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						This extended timeout will be used in case there is an UDP stream
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