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.

May 31, 2020 | NetBSD 11.0