[pptp-server] A little speed please

[Plak, Peter]

These are the 4 icmp-types you must let through.
More types are not neccesary, some are dangerous too !

destination-unreachable
source-quench
time-exceeded
parameter-problem

see also http://www.rustcorp.com/linux/ipchains/HOWTO-4.html

Greetz Peter

-----Original Message-----
From: Pascal Fremaux
To: Cam Bowman
Cc: pptp-server at lists.schulte.org
Sent: 24-1-00 10:38
Subject: Re: [pptp-server] A little speed please

Can you tell us more about that ?
What ICMP services must we let pass through ?

Cam Bowman wrote:

> This could be a potential problem.. If you have the PoPToP server on a
> firewall that is filtering ICMP, you may be blocking the ICMP protocol
that
> negotiates MTU settings between end systems.  This causes all sorts of
> degredation and usually kills the connection after a short period of
time.
>
> Shot in the dark but who knows..
>
> - Cam
>

--
 Pascal Fremaux, SSII Alten
 Study Engineer at Alcatel Telecom
 R&D, Illkirch, France




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