netdev - Re: pmtu discovery on sa esp

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Date:	Wed, 13 Jun 2007 14:45:26 +0200
From:	"Marco Berizzi" <pupilla@...mail.com>
To:	"Patrick McHardy" <kaber@...sh.net>
Cc:	<netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: pmtu discovery on sa esp

Patrick McHardy wrote:

> Marco Berizzi wrote:
> > Hello everybody.
> > I have just upgraded from 2.6.21.3 to
> > 2.6.22-rc4 and I get a ton of
> > pmtu discovery on sa esp/blablab/blabla
> > messages (this box is running openswan).
> > Is this an expected behaviour?
>
>
> We have some MTU opimiztations in 2.6.22-rc that might be related.
> Please check with tcpdump what exactly is happening and whether
> the 2.6.22-rc box is sending too large packets.

Sorry for the late response.
I have done a tcpdump capture on the external
interface but I don't see anything strange.
(I can send to you the capture if you want/need)
I have noticed that the mtu on the aes tunnels
now is equal to 1450 byte (with 2.6.21 it was
1428). Let me explain:

linux 2.6.22-rc4 ->>-AES tunnel ->>- linux 2.6.21 mtu=1450
linux 2.6.21 ->>-AES tunnel ->>- linux 2.6.22-rc4 mtu=1428

Now as a collateral effects all the windoze boxes
aren't able to exchange large packets: I must
upgrade all ipsec gateway to 2.6.22-rc4 (or
downgrade this box to 2.6.21 again). Hints?

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