# Arcline OS — kernel hardening (sysctl) # Applies to every edition via the base overlay. Conservative defaults; # the workstation edition relaxes a couple of entries (see overlays/workstation). # ── memory ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── vm.swappiness=10 vm.overcommit_memory=2 vm.dirty_ratio=5 vm.dirty_background_ratio=2 # ── networking ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── # strict reverse-path filtering net.ipv4.conf.all.rp_filter=1 net.ipv4.conf.default.rp_filter=1 # no ICMP redirects net.ipv4.conf.all.accept_redirects=0 net.ipv4.conf.default.accept_redirects=0 net.ipv4.conf.all.secure_redirects=0 net.ipv4.conf.default.secure_redirects=0 net.ipv4.conf.all.send_redirects=0 net.ipv4.conf.default.send_redirects=0 net.ipv6.conf.all.accept_redirects=0 net.ipv6.conf.default.accept_redirects=0 # ICMP hardening net.ipv4.icmp_echo_ignore_broadcasts=1 net.ipv4.icmp_ignore_bogus_error_responses=1 # TCP hardening net.ipv4.tcp_syncookies=1 net.ipv4.tcp_rfc1337=1 net.ipv4.tcp_timestamps=0 net.ipv4.conf.all.log_martians=1 net.ipv4.conf.default.log_martians=1 # IPv6: don't auto-accept router advertisements net.ipv6.conf.all.accept_ra=0 net.ipv6.conf.default.accept_ra=0 # ── kernel / visibility ───────────────────────────────────────────────────── kernel.dmesg_restrict=1 kernel.kptr_restrict=2 kernel.perf_event_paranoid=3 kernel.yama.ptrace_scope=1 kernel.core_uses_pid=1 kernel.unprivileged_bpf_disabled=1 kernel.randomize_va_space=2 kernel.sysrq=4 # ── filesystem hardening ──────────────────────────────────────────────────── fs.protected_hardlinks=1 fs.protected_symlinks=1 fs.protected_fifos=2 fs.protected_regular=2 fs.suid_dumpable=0