Philipp Rusch wrote:
> Hello Tom,
> 
> I did what you suggested:
>>> a) Does everything work if you "shorewall clear" then run this command?
>>>
>>>     iptables -A FORWARD -j TCPMSS --set-mss 1400
>>>
>>>    If it doesn't, then the problem has nothing to do with Shorewall
>>>     
> I get an error : "iptables: Unknown error 18446744073709551615"
> 
> What does that mean ? Is my kernel broken ?
> OK- googled for that error and found some discussion in
> lists.netfilter.org  ...
> but, to be honest, I don't understand/know what to do know.
>

It's an old bug that has been fixed for months that the "Enterprise"
distributions are just now encountering.

At any rate, the command I gave you was incomplete. It should have been:

iptables -A FORWARD -p tcp --tcp-flags SYN,RST SYN -j TCPMSS --set-mss 1400

Sorry for the confusion,

-Tom

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