netdev - Re: IPsecv6 tunnel mode fragmentation

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Message-Id: <20101208.123759.116371401.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Wed, 08 Dec 2010 12:37:59 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	herbert@...dor.apana.org.au
Cc:	latten@...tin.ibm.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	samudrala@...ibm.com, rashmin@...ibm.com
Subject: Re: IPsecv6 tunnel mode fragmentation

From: Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2010 15:11:09 +0800

> Joy Latten <latten@...tin.ibm.com> wrote:
>> 
>> We have come across an ipsec problem that I think was
>> noted a while back in the following link.
>> http://www.mail-archive.com/netdev@vger.kernel.org/msg61659.html
> 
> Looks like a configuration issue to me.  One end is using the
> same IP address (*::1234) both within and outside the tunnel.
> Thus when the ICMP error message is sent it ends up outside the
> tunnel causing it to be discarded by the other side.
> 
> So if you're using tunnel mode you really should use distinct
> IP addresses.

Agreed.
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