netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] sysctl: accept_redirects do not change when disabling ip

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Message-Id: <20130809.012048.2254462226856062154.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Fri, 09 Aug 2013 01:20:48 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	ffusco@...hat.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] sysctl: accept_redirects do not change when
 disabling ip_forwarding

From: Francesco Fusco <ffusco@...hat.com>
Date: Fri,  9 Aug 2013 10:08:59 +0200

> The sysctl behavior in the current kernel in not in synch with what is stated
> in the ip-sysctl.txt documentation file. When disabling ip_forwarding the
> net.ipv4.conf.all.accept_redirects is enabled without warning even if all the
> accept_redirects were set to zero.

The behavior is intentional because a router should not respond to redirects.

Fix the documentation file instead, thank you.
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