netdev.vger.kernel.org archive mirror
 help / color / mirror / Atom feed
* R: Re: mtu issue with ipsec tunnel and netfilter snat
@ 2013-01-09  9:55 pupilla
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: pupilla @ 2013-01-09  9:55 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: jengelh; +Cc: netdev

jengelh@inai.de wrote:
>On Wednesday 2013-01-09 10:01, pupilla@libero.it wrote:
>
>>As you can see there are incoming 1500 bytes packets (these are the
>>decrypted ipsec packets) with DF bit set. These packets are never
>>delivered to the final client 10.81.128.176 (the destination address
>>is 172.16.128.1 which is the ip used for SNATing the original ip
>>10.81.128.176).
>>
>>IMHO this is a mtu issue: 1500 bytes packets cannot be routed inside
>>the ipsec tunnel.
>>
>>But why linux_gw_snat is not sending icmp need to frag packets to
>>10.148.12.23?
>
>Perhaps because ICMP was blocked erroneously?

No, I have opened the firewall
rules with something like:

iptables -I OUTPUT --proto icmp -j ACCEPT
iptables -I INPUT --proto icmp -j ACCEPT

^ permalink raw reply	[flat|nested] 3+ messages in thread
* R: Re: mtu issue with ipsec tunnel and netfilter snat
@ 2013-01-10 16:46 pupilla
  2013-01-10 17:57 ` Jan Engelhardt
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: pupilla @ 2013-01-10 16:46 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: jengelh; +Cc: netdev

jengelh@inai.de wrote:
>On Wednesday 2013-01-09 10:01, pupilla@libero.it wrote:
>
>>As you can see there are incoming 1500 bytes packets (these are the
>>decrypted ipsec packets) with DF bit set. These packets are never
>>delivered to the final client 10.81.128.176 (the destination address
>>is 172.16.128.1 which is the ip used for SNATing the original ip
>>10.81.128.176).
>>
>>IMHO this is a mtu issue: 1500 bytes packets cannot be routed inside
>>the ipsec tunnel.
>>
>>But why linux_gw_snat is not sending icmp need to frag packets to
>>10.148.12.23?
>
>Perhaps because ICMP was blocked erroneously?

well, I don't see the icmp packets
because tcpdump 'see' only the incoming
ipsec clear packets. Is there a way to
see the outgoing clear ipsec packets
with tcpdump?

^ permalink raw reply	[flat|nested] 3+ messages in thread

end of thread, other threads:[~2013-01-10 17:57 UTC | newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages (download: mbox.gz follow: Atom feed
-- links below jump to the message on this page --
2013-01-09  9:55 R: Re: mtu issue with ipsec tunnel and netfilter snat pupilla
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2013-01-10 16:46 pupilla
2013-01-10 17:57 ` Jan Engelhardt

This is a public inbox, see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox;
as well as URLs for NNTP newsgroup(s).