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syncache (4)
  • >> syncache (4) ( FreeBSD man: Специальные файлы /dev/* )

  • BSD mandoc
     

    NAME

    
    
    syncache , syncookies
    
     - sysctl(8)
    
    
    
    MIBs for controlling TCP SYN caching
     
    

    SYNOPSIS

    sysctl net.inet.tcp.syncookies


    sysctl net.inet.tcp.syncache.hashsize

    sysctl net.inet.tcp.syncache.bucketlimit

    sysctl net.inet.tcp.syncache.cachelimit

    sysctl net.inet.tcp.syncache.rexmtlimit

    sysctl net.inet.tcp.syncache.count

     

    DESCRIPTION

    The sysctl Cm net.inet.tcp.syncookies sysctl(8) MIB is used to control the TCP SYN caching in the system, which is intended to handle SYN flood Denial of Service attacks.

    When a TCP SYN segment is received on a port corresponding to a listen socket, an entry is made in the , and a SYN,ACK segment is returned to the peer. The sysctl Cm net.inet.tcp.syncookies entry holds the TCP options from the initial SYN, enough state to perform a SYN,ACK retransmission, and takes up less space than a TCP control block endpoint. An incoming segment which contains an ACK for the SYN,ACK and matches a sysctl Cm net.inet.tcp.syncookies entry will cause the system to create a TCP control block with the options stored in the sysctl Cm net.inet.tcp.syncookies entry, which is then released.

    The sysctl Cm net.inet.tcp.syncookies protects the system from SYN flood DoS attacks by minimizing the amount of state kept on the server, and by limiting the overall size of the .

    Syncookies provides a way to virtually expand the size of the sysctl Cm net.inet.tcp.syncookies by keeping state regarding the initial SYN in the network. Enabling syncookies sends a cryptographic value in the SYN,ACK reply to the client machine, which is then returned in the client's ACK. If the corresponding entry is not found in the , but the value passes specific security checks, the connection will be accepted. This is only used if the sysctl Cm net.inet.tcp.syncookies is unable to handle the volume of incoming connections, and a prior entry has been evicted from the cache.

    Syncookies have a certain number of disadvantages that a paranoid administrator may wish to take note of. Since the TCP options from the initial SYN are not saved, they are not applied to the connection, precluding use of features like window scale, timestamps, or exact MSS sizing. As the returning ACK establishes the connection, it may be possible for an attacker to ACK flood a machine in an attempt to create a connection. While steps have been taken to mitigate this risk, this may provide a way to bypass firewalls which filter incoming segments with the SYN bit set.

    The sysctl Cm net.inet.tcp.syncookies implements a number of variables in the net.inet.tcp.syncache branch of the sysctl(3) MIB. Several of these may be tuned by setting the corresponding variable in the loader(8).

    hashsize
    Size of the sysctl Cm net.inet.tcp.syncookies hash table, must be a power of 2. Read-only, tunable via loader(8).
    bucketlimit
    Limit on the number of entries permitted in each bucket of the hash table. This should be left at a low value to minimize search time. Read-only, tunable via loader(8).
    cachelimit
    Limit on the total number of entries in the . Defaults to ( hashsize в bucketlimit may be set lower to minimize memory consumption. Read-only, tunable via loader(8).
    rexmtlimit
    Maximum number of times a SYN,ACK is retransmitted before being discarded. The default of 3 retransmits corresponds to a 45 second timeout, this value may be increased depending on the RTT to client machines. Tunable via sysctl(3).
    count
    Number of entries present in the sysctl Cm net.inet.tcp.syncookies (read-only).

    Statistics on the performance of the sysctl Cm net.inet.tcp.syncookies may be obtained via netstat(1), which provides the following counts:

    syncache entries added
    Entries successfully inserted in the .
    retransmitted
    SYN,ACK retransmissions due to a timeout expiring.
    dupsyn
    Incoming SYN segment matching an existing entry.
    dropped
    SYNs dropped because SYN,ACK could not be sent.
    completed
    Successfully completed connections.
    bucket overflow
    Entries dropped for exceeding per-bucket size.
    cache overflow
    Entries dropped for exceeding overall cache size.
    reset
    RST segment received.
    stale
    Entries dropped due to maximum retransmissions or listen socket disappearance.
    aborted
    New socket allocation failures.
    badack
    Entries dropped due to bad ACK reply.
    unreach
    Entries dropped due to ICMP unreachable messages.
    zone failures
    Failures to allocate new sysctl Cm net.inet.tcp.syncookies entry.
    cookies received
    Connections created from segment containing ACK.

     

    SEE ALSO

    netstat(1), tcp(4), loader(8), sysctl(8)  

    HISTORY

    The existing sysctl Cm net.inet.tcp.syncookies implementation first appeared in Fx 4.5 . The original concept of a sysctl Cm net.inet.tcp.syncookies originally appeared in Bs x , and was later modified by Nx , then further extended here.  

    AUTHORS

    The sysctl Cm net.inet.tcp.syncookies code and manual page were written by An Jonathan Lemon Aq [email protected] .


     

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