Re: [Firestarter-user] Starting firewall changes TCP variables

[ryan <ry...@zo...>]

Make the commands run by placing them in /etc/firestarter/user-post 



On Tue, 2005-04-26 at 17:30 -0400, Rick Friedman wrote:
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> OK... I've just noticed that starting the firewall (through the GUI)
> resets my tcp variables.
> 
> For example:
> 
> Before I start my desktop, I have tcp_sack (selective acknowledgments)
> set to 1 (turned on). Once I start the KDE desktop for my user (during
> which the Firestarter gui is started), tcp_sack is reset to 0. If I set
> to 1 again and then shutdown the firewall (through the Firestarter gui),
> tcp_sack remains 1. However, once I restart the firewall (through the
> gui), tcp_sack becomes 0 again.
> 
> This is true for other tcp variables which I have set on such as,
> tcp_timestamps and tcp_window_scaling.
> 
> How can I prevent this behavior??
> 
> Rick
> - --
>  "I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it." - Mae West
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