Here is the entry from ...10-network-security.conf from 16.04 (although from Desktop edition)
"
# Turn on SYN-flood protections. Starting with 2.6.26, there is no loss
# of TCP functionality/features under normal conditions. When flood
# protections kick in under high unanswered-SYN load, the system
# should remain more stable, with a trade off of some loss of TCP
# functionality/features (e.g. TCP Window scaling).
net.ipv4.tcp_syncookies=1
Here is the entry from ...10-network- security. conf from 16.04 (although from Desktop edition)
" features under normal conditions. When flood features (e.g. TCP Window scaling). tcp_syncookies= 1
# Turn on SYN-flood protections. Starting with 2.6.26, there is no loss
# of TCP functionality/
# protections kick in under high unanswered-SYN load, the system
# should remain more stable, with a trade off of some loss of TCP
# functionality/
net.ipv4.
"
Guess it hasn't been removed.