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NPF-PARAMS(7)          Miscellaneous Information Manual          NPF-PARAMS(7)

NAME
     npf-params - tunable NPF parameters

DESCRIPTION
     NPF supports a set of dynamically tunable parameters.

     All parameter values are integers and should generally be between zero
     and INT_MAX, unless specified otherwise.  Some parameters values can be
     negative; such values would typically have a special meaning.
     Enable/disable switches should be represented as boolean values 0 ("off")
     or 1 ("on").

PARAMETERS
     bpf.jit
             BPF just-in-time compilation: enables or disables bpfjit(4)
             support.  Some machine architectures are not presently supported
             by bpfjit(4).  Setting this parameter to off stops NPF from
             trying to enable this functionality, and generating a warning if
             it is unable to do so.  Default: 1.

     ip4.reassembly
             Perform IPv4 reassembly before inspecting the packet.
             Fragmentation is considered very harmful, so most networks are
             expected to prevent it; reassembly is enabled by default.
             However, while the packet should generally be reassembled at the
             receiver, reassembly by the packet filter may be necessary in
             order to perform state tracking.  Default: 1.

     ip6.reassembly
             Perform IPv6 reassembly before inspecting the packet.
             Discouraged in general but not prohibited by RFC 8200.  Default:
             0.

     gc.step
             Number of connection state items to process in one garbage
             collection (G/C) cycle.  Must be positive number.  Default: 256.

     gc.interval_min
             The lower bound for the sleep time of the G/C worker.  The worker
             is self-tuning and will wake up more frequently if there are
             connections to expire; it will wake up less frequently, diverging
             towards the upper bound, if it does not encounter expired
             connections.  Default: 50 (in milliseconds).

     gc.interval_max
             The upper bound for the sleep time of the G/C worker.  Default:
             5000 (in milliseconds).

     state.key
             The connection state is uniquely identified by an n-tuple.  The
             state behavior can be controlled by including (excluding) some of
             the information in (from) the keys.

             interface
                     Include interface identifier into the keys, making the
                     connection state strictly per-interface.  Default: 1.

             direction
                     Include packet direction into the keys.  Default: 1.

     state.generic
             Generic state tracking parameters for non-TCP flows.  All
             timeouts are in seconds and must be zero or positive.

             timeout.new
                     Timeout for new ("unsynchronized") state.  Default: 30.

             timeout.established
                     Timeout for established ("synchronized") state.  Default:
                     60.

             timeout.closed
                     Timeout for closed state.  Default: 0.

     state.tcp
             State tracking parameters for TCP connections.  All timeout
             values are in seconds.

             max_ack_win
                     Maximum allowed ACK window.  Default: 66000.

             strict_order_rst
                     Enforce strict order RST.  Default: 1.

             timeout.new
                     Timeout for a new connection in "unsynchronized" state.
                     Default: 30.

             timeout.established
                     Timeout for an established connection ("synchronized"
                     state).  Default: 86400.

             timeout.half_close
                     Timeout for the half-close TCP states.  Default: 3600.

             timeout.close
                     Timeout for the full close TCP states.  Default: 10.

             timeout.time_wait
                     Timeout for the TCP time-wait state.  Default: 240.

     portmap.min_port
             Lower bound of the port range used when selecting the port for
             dynamic NAT with port translation enabled.  Default: 1024
             (inclusive; also the lowest allowed value).

     portmap.max_port
             Upper bound of the port range as described above.  Default: 49151
             (inclusive; 65535 is the highest allowed value).

EXAMPLES
     An example line in the npf.conf(5) configuration file:

           set state.tcp.strict_order_rst on       # "on" can be used instead of 1
           set state.tcp.timeout.time_wait 0       # destroy the state immediately

SEE ALSO
     libnpf(3), npfkern(3), bpfjit(4), npf.conf(5), pcap-filter(7), npfctl(8)

AUTHORS
     NPF was designed and implemented by Mindaugas Rasiukevicius.

NetBSD 10.99                     May 31, 2020                     NetBSD 10.99