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author | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-05-24 04:52:22 +0000 |
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committer | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-05-24 04:52:22 +0000 |
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Merging upstream version 6.8.
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diff --git a/man7/icmp.7 b/man7/icmp.7 deleted file mode 100644 index 3969fe2..0000000 --- a/man7/icmp.7 +++ /dev/null @@ -1,196 +0,0 @@ -'\" t -.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: Linux-man-pages-1-para -.\" -.\" This man page is Copyright (C) 1999 Andi Kleen <ak@muc.de>. -.\" -.\" $Id: icmp.7,v 1.6 2000/08/14 08:03:45 ak Exp $ -.\" -.TH icmp 7 2023-10-31 "Linux man-pages 6.7" -.SH NAME -icmp \- Linux IPv4 ICMP kernel module. -.SH DESCRIPTION -This kernel protocol module implements the Internet Control -Message Protocol defined in RFC\ 792. -It is used to signal error conditions and for diagnosis. -The user doesn't interact directly with this module; -instead it communicates with the other protocols in the kernel -and these pass the ICMP errors to the application layers. -The kernel ICMP module also answers ICMP requests. -.P -A user protocol may receive ICMP packets for all local sockets by opening -a raw socket with the protocol -.BR IPPROTO_ICMP . -See -.BR raw (7) -for more information. -The types of ICMP packets passed to the socket can be filtered using the -.B ICMP_FILTER -socket option. -ICMP packets are always processed by the kernel too, even -when passed to a user socket. -.P -Linux limits the rate of ICMP error packets to each destination. -.B ICMP_REDIRECT -and -.B ICMP_DEST_UNREACH -are also limited by the destination route of the incoming packets. -.SS /proc interfaces -ICMP supports a set of -.I /proc -interfaces to configure some global IP parameters. -The parameters can be accessed by reading or writing files in the directory -.IR /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ . -Most of these parameters are rate limitations for specific ICMP types. -Linux 2.2 uses a token bucket filter to limit ICMPs. -.\" FIXME . better description needed -The value is the timeout in jiffies until the token bucket filter is -cleared after a burst. -A jiffy is a system dependent unit, usually 10ms on i386 and -about 1ms on alpha and ia64. -.TP -.IR icmp_destunreach_rate " (Linux 2.2 to Linux 2.4.9)" -.\" Precisely: from Linux 2.1.102 -Maximum rate to send ICMP Destination Unreachable packets. -This limits the rate at which packets are sent to any individual -route or destination. -The limit does not affect sending of -.B ICMP_FRAG_NEEDED -packets needed for path MTU discovery. -.TP -.IR icmp_echo_ignore_all " (since Linux 2.2)" -.\" Precisely: 2.1.68 -If this value is nonzero, Linux will ignore all -.B ICMP_ECHO -requests. -.TP -.IR icmp_echo_ignore_broadcasts " (since Linux 2.2)" -.\" Precisely: from Linux 2.1.68 -If this value is nonzero, Linux will ignore all -.B ICMP_ECHO -packets sent to broadcast addresses. -.TP -.IR icmp_echoreply_rate " (Linux 2.2 to Linux 2.4.9)" -.\" Precisely: from Linux 2.1.102 -Maximum rate for sending -.B ICMP_ECHOREPLY -packets in response to -.B ICMP_ECHOREQUEST -packets. -.TP -.IR icmp_errors_use_inbound_ifaddr " (Boolean; default: disabled; since Linux 2.6.12)" -.\" The following taken from Linux 2.6.28-rc4 Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt -If disabled, ICMP error messages are sent with the primary address of -the exiting interface. -.IP -If enabled, the message will be sent with the primary address of -the interface that received the packet that caused the ICMP error. -This is the behavior that many network administrators will expect from -a router. -And it can make debugging complicated network layouts much easier. -.IP -Note that if no primary address exists for the interface selected, -then the primary address of the first non-loopback interface that -has one will be used regardless of this setting. -.TP -.IR icmp_ignore_bogus_error_responses " (Boolean; default: disabled; since Linux 2.2)" -.\" precisely: since Linux 2.1.32 -.\" The following taken from Linux 2.6.28-rc4 Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt -Some routers violate RFC1122 by sending bogus responses to broadcast frames. -Such violations are normally logged via a kernel warning. -If this parameter is enabled, the kernel will not give such warnings, -which will avoid log file clutter. -.TP -.IR icmp_paramprob_rate " (Linux 2.2 to Linux 2.4.9)" -.\" Precisely: from Linux 2.1.102 -Maximum rate for sending -.B ICMP_PARAMETERPROB -packets. -These packets are sent when a packet arrives with an invalid IP header. -.TP -.IR icmp_ratelimit " (integer; default: 1000; since Linux 2.4.10)" -.\" The following taken from Linux 2.6.28-rc4 Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt -Limit the maximum rates for sending ICMP packets whose type matches -.I icmp_ratemask -(see below) to specific targets. -0 to disable any limiting, -otherwise the minimum space between responses in milliseconds. -.TP -.IR icmp_ratemask " (integer; default: see below; since Linux 2.4.10)" -.\" The following taken from Linux 2.6.28-rc4 Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt -Mask made of ICMP types for which rates are being limited. -.IP -Significant bits: IHGFEDCBA9876543210 -.br -Default mask: 0000001100000011000 (0x1818) -.IP -Bit definitions (see the Linux kernel source file -.IR include/linux/icmp.h ): -.RS 12 -.TS -l l. -0 Echo Reply -3 Destination Unreachable * -4 Source Quench * -5 Redirect -8 Echo Request -B Time Exceeded * -C Parameter Problem * -D Timestamp Request -E Timestamp Reply -F Info Request -G Info Reply -H Address Mask Request -I Address Mask Reply -.TE -.RE -.P -The bits marked with an asterisk are rate limited by default -(see the default mask above). -.TP -.IR icmp_timeexceed_rate " (Linux 2.2 to Linux 2.4.9)" -Maximum rate for sending -.B ICMP_TIME_EXCEEDED -packets. -These packets are -sent to prevent loops when a packet has crossed too many hops. -.TP -.IR ping_group_range " (two integers; default: see below; since Linux 2.6.39)" -Range of the group IDs (minimum and maximum group IDs, inclusive) -that are allowed to create ICMP Echo sockets. -The default is "1 0", which -means no group is allowed to create ICMP Echo sockets. -.SH VERSIONS -Support for the -.B ICMP_ADDRESS -request was removed in Linux 2.2. -.P -Support for -.B ICMP_SOURCE_QUENCH -was removed in Linux 2.2. -.SH NOTES -As many other implementations don't support -.B IPPROTO_ICMP -raw sockets, this feature -should not be relied on in portable programs. -.\" not really true ATM -.\" .P -.\" Linux ICMP should be compliant to RFC 1122. -.P -.B ICMP_REDIRECT -packets are not sent when Linux is not acting as a router. -They are also accepted only from the old gateway defined in the -routing table and the redirect routes are expired after some time. -.P -The 64-bit timestamp returned by -.B ICMP_TIMESTAMP -is in milliseconds since the Epoch, 1970-01-01 00:00:00 +0000 (UTC). -.P -Linux ICMP internally uses a raw socket to send ICMPs. -This raw socket may appear in -.BR netstat (8) -output with a zero inode. -.SH SEE ALSO -.BR ip (7), -.BR rdisc (8) -.P -RFC\ 792 for a description of the ICMP protocol. |