Sysctl: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 03:12, 23 September 2019

kernel.dmesg_restrict=0 allows regular users to see dmesg output
kernel.nmi_watchdog=0 disables the NMI watchdog, freeing up a performance counter
kernel.perf_event_paranoid=-1 allow unprivileged access to performance counters
net.ipv4.ip_forward=1 enable IPv4 packet forwarding
net.ipv6.conf.all.forwarding=1 enable IPv6 packet forwarding
net.netfilter.nf_conntrack_acct=1 turn on packet/byte stats in conntrack table
net.netfilter.nf_conntrack_timestamp=1 turn on timestamps in conntrack table
net.ipv4.tcp_syncookies=1 enable TCP syncookies (see http://lwn.net/Articles/277146/)
net.ipv4.conf.default.rp_filter=1, net.ipv4.conf.all.rp_filter=1 enable reverse path filter

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 * <tt>kernel.dmesg_restrict=0</tt> allows regular users to see <tt>dmesg</tt> output
 * <tt>kernel.nmi_watchdog=0</tt> disables the NMI watchdog, freeing up a [[Performance Counters|performance counter]]
+* <tt>kernel.perf_event_paranoid=-1</tt> allow unprivileged access to [[Performance Counters|performance counters]]
 * <tt>net.ipv4.ip_forward=1</tt> enable IPv4 packet forwarding
 * <tt>net.ipv6.conf.all.forwarding=1</tt> enable IPv6 packet forwarding
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 * <tt>net.ipv4.tcp_syncookies=1</tt> enable TCP syncookies (see http://lwn.net/Articles/277146/)
 * <tt>net.ipv4.conf.default.rp_filter=1</tt>, <tt>net.ipv4.conf.all.rp_filter=1</tt> enable reverse path filter
-* <tt>kernel.perf_event_paranoid=-1</tt> allow unprivileged access to [[Performance Counters|performance counters]]