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Tweaked sysctl.conf for ubuntu
#
# /etc/sysctl.conf - Configuration file for setting system variables
# See /etc/sysctl.d/ for additional system variables.
# See sysctl.conf (5) for information.
#
#kernel.domainname = example.com
# Uncomment the following to stop low-level messages on console
#kernel.printk = 3 4 1 3
##############################################################3
# Functions previously found in netbase
#
# Uncomment the next two lines to enable Spoof protection (reverse-path filter)
# Turn on Source Address Verification in all interfaces to
# prevent some spoofing attacks
net.ipv4.conf.default.rp_filter=1
net.ipv4.conf.all.rp_filter=1
# Uncomment the next line to enable TCP/IP SYN cookies
# See http://lwn.net/Articles/277146/
# Note: This may impact IPv6 TCP sessions too
net.ipv4.tcp_syncookies=1
# Uncomment the next line to enable packet forwarding for IPv4
#net.ipv4.ip_forward=1
# Uncomment the next line to enable packet forwarding for IPv6
# Enabling this option disables Stateless Address Autoconfiguration
# based on Router Advertisements for this host
#net.ipv6.conf.all.forwarding=1
###################################################################
# Additional settings - these settings can improve the network
# security of the host and prevent against some network attacks
# including spoofing attacks and man in the middle attacks through
# redirection. Some network environments, however, require that these
# settings are disabled so review and enable them as needed.
#
# Do not accept ICMP redirects (prevent MITM attacks)
#net.ipv4.conf.all.accept_redirects = 0
#net.ipv6.conf.all.accept_redirects = 0
# _or_
# Accept ICMP redirects only for gateways listed in our default
# gateway list (enabled by default)
# net.ipv4.conf.all.secure_redirects = 1
#
# Do not send ICMP redirects (we are not a router)
#net.ipv4.conf.all.send_redirects = 0
#
# Do not accept IP source route packets (we are not a router)
net.ipv4.conf.all.accept_source_route = 0
net.ipv6.conf.all.accept_source_route = 0
#
# Log Martian Packets
#net.ipv4.conf.all.log_martians = 1
#
### IMPROVE SYSTEM MEMORY MANAGEMENT ###
# Increase size of file handles and inode cache
fs.file-max = 2097152
# Do less swapping
vm.swappiness = 10
vm.dirty_ratio = 60
vm.dirty_background_ratio = 2
### GENERAL NETWORK SECURITY OPTIONS ###
# Number of times SYNACKs for passive TCP connection.
net.ipv4.tcp_synack_retries = 2
# Allowed local port range
net.ipv4.ip_local_port_range = 7000 65535
# Protect Against TCP Time-Wait
net.ipv4.tcp_rfc1337 = 1
# Decrease the time default value for tcp_fin_timeout connection
net.ipv4.tcp_fin_timeout = 15
# Decrease the time default value for connections to keep alive
net.ipv4.tcp_keepalive_time = 3600
net.ipv4.tcp_keepalive_probes = 5
net.ipv4.tcp_keepalive_intvl = 15
### TUNING NETWORK PERFORMANCE ###
# Default Socket Receive Buffer
net.core.rmem_default = 31457280
# Maximum Socket Receive Buffer
net.core.rmem_max = 12582912
# Default Socket Send Buffer
net.core.wmem_default = 31457280
# Maximum Socket Send Buffer
net.core.wmem_max = 12582912
# Increase number of incoming connections
net.core.somaxconn = 65535
# Increase number of incoming connections backlog
net.core.netdev_max_backlog = 65535
# Increase the maximum amount of option memory buffers
net.core.optmem_max = 25165824
# Increase the maximum total buffer-space allocatable
# This is measured in units of pages (4096 bytes)
net.ipv4.tcp_mem = 65535 131072 262144
net.ipv4.udp_mem = 65535 131072 262144
# Increase the read-buffer space allocatable
net.ipv4.tcp_rmem = 8192 87380 16777216
net.ipv4.udp_rmem_min = 16384
# Increase the write-buffer-space allocatable
net.ipv4.tcp_wmem = 8192 65535 16777216
net.ipv4.udp_wmem_min = 16384
# Increase the tcp-time-wait buckets pool size to prevent simple DOS attacks
#net.ipv4.tcp_max_tw_buckets = 1440000
#net.ipv4.tcp_tw_recycle = 1
#net.ipv4.tcp_tw_reuse = 1
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9M2PJU commented Nov 22, 2017

any updates for sysctl.conf ?

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