Re: [pfSense] upgrade dual ALIX netgate box?

2014-05-08 Thread Jim Thompson
On May 8, 2014, at 12:04 PM, b...@todoo.biz wrote: > Hi we are french resellers of Alix / APU > > > Le 6 mai 2014 à 21:16, Vick Khera a écrit : > >> I have the dual ALIX RM1U box from netgate which is a bit over 2 years old >> now (and an older one too!) >> >> Has anyone attempted replacing

Re: [pfSense] ICMPv6 filtering recommendations with pfSense?

2014-05-08 Thread Olivier Mascia
Le 8 mai 2014 à 20:05, Jim Pingle a écrit : > Code of interest here: > https://github.com/pfsense/pfsense/blob/master/etc/inc/filter.inc#L2644 > > IMO, I agree that it's best to let ICMP flow free on IPv6. ICMP has had > a bad reputation for a long time, and it's mostly undeserved in recent > ti

Re: [pfSense] ICMPv6 filtering recommendations with pfSense?

2014-05-08 Thread Mark Tinka
On Thursday, May 08, 2014 08:05:03 PM Jim Pingle wrote: > IMO, I agree that it's best to let ICMP flow free on > IPv6. ICMP has had a bad reputation for a long time, and > it's mostly undeserved in recent times. +1. Mark. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.

Re: [pfSense] ICMPv6 filtering recommendations with pfSense?

2014-05-08 Thread Jim Pingle
On 5/8/2014 1:16 PM, Adam Thompson wrote: > Sorry for the late addition... Perhaps this was already covered, but if not: > > Please don't filter ICMPv6. This is one of the key points every > intro-to-v6 class teaches: IPv6 actually *needs* ICMPv6 to function in > pretty much every situation. > >

Re: [pfSense] ICMPv6 filtering recommendations with pfSense?

2014-05-08 Thread Olivier Mascia
Le 8 mai 2014 à 19:05, Brian Candler a écrit : >> On the WAN interface, I’m currently allowing full ICMPv6 in, albeit only >> from Global Unicast and Multicast addresses. >> That is: only from 2000::/3 and ff00::/8. > I don't think you'll see any packets with multicast source addresses. It's >

Re: [pfSense] ICMPv6 filtering recommendations with pfSense?

2014-05-08 Thread Adam Thompson
On May 8, 2014 12:05:34 PM CDT, Brian Candler wrote: >On 08/05/2014 11:51, Olivier Mascia wrote: >> On the WAN interface, I’m currently allowing full ICMPv6 in, albeit >only from Global Unicast and Multicast addresses. >> That is: only from 2000::/3 and ff00::/8. >I don't think you'll see any pack

Re: [pfSense] ICMPv6 filtering recommendations with pfSense?

2014-05-08 Thread Brian Candler
On 08/05/2014 11:51, Olivier Mascia wrote: On the WAN interface, I’m currently allowing full ICMPv6 in, albeit only from Global Unicast and Multicast addresses. That is: only from 2000::/3 and ff00::/8. I don't think you'll see any packets with multicast source addresses. It's possible you coul

Re: [pfSense] upgrade dual ALIX netgate box?

2014-05-08 Thread b...@todoo.biz
Hi we are french resellers of Alix / APU Le 6 mai 2014 à 21:16, Vick Khera a écrit : > I have the dual ALIX RM1U box from netgate which is a bit over 2 years old > now (and an older one too!) > > Has anyone attempted replacing the ALIX boards with APU2 boards? They appear > to use the identi

Re: [pfSense] ICMPv6 filtering recommendations with pfSense?

2014-05-08 Thread Mark Tinka
On Thursday, May 08, 2014 12:51:05 PM Olivier Mascia wrote: > Thanks for this advice. > On the WAN interface, I’m currently allowing full ICMPv6 > in, albeit only from Global Unicast and Multicast > addresses. That is: only from 2000::/3 and ff00::/8. That's alright. > Rate limits, at least on r

Re: [pfSense] ICMPv6 filtering recommendations with pfSense?

2014-05-08 Thread Olivier Mascia
Le 8 mai 2014 à 12:37, Mark Tinka a écrit : > On Thursday, May 08, 2014 12:25:54 PM Olivier Mascia wrote: > >> Are there other documentation on ICMPv6 filtering, >> without dropping essential functionality, in the >> specific context of pfSense 2.1.x? > > My personal opinion, we already killed

Re: [pfSense] ICMPv6 filtering recommendations with pfSense?

2014-05-08 Thread Mark Tinka
On Thursday, May 08, 2014 12:25:54 PM Olivier Mascia wrote: > Are there other documentation on ICMPv6 filtering, > without dropping essential functionality, in the > specific context of pfSense 2.1.x? My personal opinion, we already killed IPv4 by filtering ICMP (and thereby, killing pMTU). Let'

[pfSense] ICMPv6 filtering recommendations with pfSense?

2014-05-08 Thread Olivier Mascia
Hello, What about RFC 4890 and pfSense configuration of complex ICMPv6 filtering rules? Could it be possible to define a rule where multiple ICMPv6 types might be checked at once? For instance setting up a single rule to allow Type 1, 2, 3, 4, 128 and 129? Instead of needing to create as many spe