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@@ -603,7 +603,7 @@ tcp_synack_retries - INTEGER
with the current initial RTO of 1second. With this the final timeout
for a passive TCP connection will happen after 63seconds.
-tcp_syncookies - BOOLEAN
+tcp_syncookies - INTEGER
Only valid when the kernel was compiled with CONFIG_SYN_COOKIES
Send out syncookies when the syn backlog queue of a socket
overflows. This is to prevent against the common 'SYN flood attack'