On 4/17/12 9:44 AM, Bruce Edge wrote:
> 
> 
> On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 3:26 PM, Tom Eastep <[email protected]
> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> 
>     On 04/16/2012 03:21 PM, Bruce Edge wrote:
>     >
>     >
>     > On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 2:28 PM, Tom Eastep <[email protected]
>     <mailto:[email protected]>
>     > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>> wrote:
>     >
>     >
>     >     On Apr 16, 2012, at 1:48 PM, Bruce Edge <[email protected]
>     <mailto:[email protected]>
>     >     <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>>
>     wrote:
>     >
>     >>     Shorewall is, in general, working fine. Much better then ufw
>     imho.
>     >>
>     >>     I have one single problem with one single web site on a 2
>     >>     interface fw.
>     >>
>     >>     If I plug into my cable modem directly, this site works fine.
>     >>
>     >>     I cannot access: https://www5.v1host.com/ from behind shorewall.
>     >>     In fact, I can't get to it even from the fw itself.
>     >>
>     >>     With the cable modem on eth0 of my fw, neither machines behind it
>     >>     on eth1, or the fw itself can get this one specific web site.
>     >
>     >     If you temporarily 'shorewall clear', can you access the site from
>     >     the fw? (be sure to 'shorewall .
>     >     start' after testing.
>     >
>     >     Tom
>     >
>     >
>     > No, that's the part I don't understand. Even that doesn't work.
>     >
>     > Just to re-iterate for clarity, even after a "shorewall clear" I still
>     > cannot access that site from either the fw or any machines behind it.
> 
>     Then I'm afraid that your problem has nothing to do with your Shorewall
>     configuration.
> 
> 
> Not surprisingly, you were right. 
> 
> Just to followup in case this helps anyone else, I fixed this by forcing
> my MTU to 1500 on both interfaces.
> No clue why I only saw this on one specific site.

A misconfigured router between you and that site is breaking path MTU
discovery.

-Tom
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Shoreline,         \ died peacefully in his sleep. Not screaming like
Washington, USA     \ all of the passengers in his car
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