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Date:      Mon, 26 Dec 2011 12:36:27 +0700 (NOVT)
From:      Eugene Grosbein <eugen@eg.sd.rdtc.ru>
To:        FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   kern/163623: [kern] sysctl net.inet.icmp.icmplim_output description is misleading
Message-ID:  <201112260536.pBQ5aR2s023760@eg.sd.rdtc.ru>
Resent-Message-ID: <201112260540.pBQ5eCC0089136@freefall.freebsd.org>

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>Number:         163623
>Category:       kern
>Synopsis:       [kern] sysctl net.inet.icmp.icmplim_output description is misleading
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Mon Dec 26 05:40:12 UTC 2011
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Eugene Grosbein
>Release:        FreeBSD 8.2-STABLE i386
>Organization:
RDTC JSC
>Environment:
System: FreeBSD eg.sd.rdtc.ru 8.2-STABLE FreeBSD 8.2-STABLE #36: Fri Dec 23 15:04:05 NOVT 2011 root@eg.sd.rdtc.ru:/usr/local/obj/usr/local/src/sys/EG i386

>Description:

	"sysctl -d net.inet.icmp.icmplim_output" says:

net.inet.icmp.icmplim_output: Enable rate limiting of ICMP responses

	In fact, this setting does not control rate limiting of ICMP responses.
	Instead, it controls whether kernel writes log messages
	about this limiting or not.

>How-To-Repeat:

	See above.

>Fix:

	Change wording in src/sys/netinet/ip_icmp.c for this setting.
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:



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