diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control index 461f477..f1cd240 100644 --- a/debian/control +++ b/debian/control @@ -44,7 +44,8 @@ Description: enhances misc security settings . * This package makes some data spoofing attacks harder. . - * SACK is disabled as it is commonly exploited and is rarely used. + * SACK can be disabled as it is commonly exploited and is rarely used by + commenting in settings in file /etc/sysctl.d/tcp_sack.conf. . * This package disables the merging of slabs of similar sizes to prevent an attacker from exploiting them. diff --git a/etc/sysctl.d/tcp_sack.conf b/etc/sysctl.d/tcp_sack.conf index f949105..7087dc0 100644 --- a/etc/sysctl.d/tcp_sack.conf +++ b/etc/sysctl.d/tcp_sack.conf @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ # Disables SACK as it is commonly exploited and likely not needed. # https://forums.whonix.org/t/disabling-tcp-sack-dsack-fack/8109 -net.ipv4.tcp_sack=0 -net.ipv4.tcp_dsack=0 -net.ipv4.tcp_fack=0 +#net.ipv4.tcp_sack=0 +#net.ipv4.tcp_dsack=0 +#net.ipv4.tcp_fack=0