[CentOS] Re: Sendmail and pmtu discovery
Chris Boyd
cboyd at gizmopartners.com
Wed Oct 15 01:50:07 UTC 2008
On Oct 14, 2008, at 1:59 PM, Sean Carolan wrote:
> If you've ever dealt with with one of these paranoid Mordac-type
> security managers you know exactly what I'm talking about. In our
> case the path of least resistance was to disable pmtu discovery, and
> tell the customer that we've done all we possibly can to alleviate the
> issue on our end. Hopefully they come to their senses and allow ICMP
> packets like every major ISP and mail provider on the Internet.
Yes, but then you have broken your equipment, and possibly lost the
ability to communicate with many more customers.
Yes, I've dealt with these people. If they turn off all ICMP, they
often drop fragments as well, making the problem even worse. You can
sometimes get them to listen by asking them if their Internet access
seems a little "weird" in that some sites work sometimes or downloads
are slow or they can't get some email :-)
They'll usually say yes and then you might be able to get them to
listen, and hopefully send them a bill.
--Chris
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