more state_state removal

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@@ -191,14 +191,6 @@ user, both a primary and a secondary.  If either is set to 0.0.0.0, then that
 one will not be sent.
 </LI>
 
 one will not be sent.
 </LI>
 

-<LI><B>save_state</B> (boolean)<BR>
-When l2tpns receives a STGTERM it will write out its current
-ip_address_pool, session and tunnel tables to disk prior to exiting to
-be re-loaded at startup.  The validity of this data is obviously quite
-short and the intent is to allow an sessions to be retained over a
-software upgrade.
-</LI>
-

 <LI><B>primary_radius</B> (ip address)
 <LI><B>secondary_radius</B> (ip address)<BR>
 Sets the RADIUS servers used for both authentication and accounting. 
 <LI><B>primary_radius</B> (ip address)
 <LI><B>secondary_radius</B> (ip address)<BR>
 Sets the RADIUS servers used for both authentication and accounting. 


@@ -307,6 +299,13 @@ Keep all pages mapped by the l2tpns process in memory.
 Maximum number of host unreachable ICMP packets to send per second.
 </LI>
 
 Maximum number of host unreachable ICMP packets to send per second.
 </LI>
 

+<LI><B>packet_limit</B> (int><BR>
+Maximum number of packets of downstream traffic to be handled each
+tenth of a second per session.  If zero, no limit is applied (default: 
+0).  Intended as a DoS prevention mechanism and not a general
+throttling control (packets are dropped, not queued).
+</LI>
+

 <LI><B>cluster_address</B> (ip address)<BR>
 Multicast cluster address (default:  239.192.13.13).  See the section
 on <A HREF="#Clustering">Clustering</A> for more information.
 <LI><B>cluster_address</B> (ip address)<BR>
 Multicast cluster address (default:  239.192.13.13).  See the section
 on <A HREF="#Clustering">Clustering</A> for more information.


@@ -685,14 +684,10 @@ killall -HUP l2tpns
 
 The signals understood are:
 <UL>
 
 The signals understood are:
 <UL>

-<LI>SIGHUP - Reload the config from disk and re-open log file<P></LI>
-<LI>SIGTERM / SIGINT - Shut down for a restart.  This will dump the current
-state to disk (if <EM>save_state</EM> is set to true).  Upon restart, the
-process will read this saved state to resume active sessions.<P>
+<LI>SIGHUP - Reload the config from disk and re-open log file</LI>
+<LI>SIGTERM / SIGINT - Shut down.</LI>

 <LI>SIGQUIT - Shut down cleanly.  This will send a disconnect message for
 <LI>SIGQUIT - Shut down cleanly.  This will send a disconnect message for

-every active session and tunnel before shutting down.  This is a good idea
-when upgrading the code, as no sessions will be left with the remote end
-thinking they are open.</LI>
+every active session and tunnel before shutting down.</LI>

 </UL>
 
 <H2 ID="Throttling">Throttling</H2>
 </UL>
 
 <H2 ID="Throttling">Throttling</H2>