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Re: [Users] RH7.2 RPM

From: Nate Carlson (natecars+freeswan_at_natecarlson.com)
Date: Fri Apr 26 2002 - 17:28:47 CEST


On Thu, 25 Apr 2002, Mark Orenstein wrote:
> I'm just getting started with freeswan. I noticed that there is a
> RH72 directory at the download site with a couple of rpm's for 1.97 in
> it. Can I install to RH7.2 using these rpm's. If so, is there any
> documentation?
>
> I just completed a couple of days of learning and testing using the
> rpm's from Steamballoon for RH7.2 (kernel 2.4.9-13ipsec and freeswan
> 1.91-0). I've run into what I think is a fragmentation problem. I can
> ping up to 1418 bytes (using W98 ping -l 1418). With 1419 bytes, it
> fails. I set the MaxMTU to 1000 on the W98 PC, and 1500 byte ping
> worked.
>
> With the MaxMTU at 1000, I was able to access to a samba box. Our
> need is to securely connect our elementary schools to a samba server
> at the high school via cable modem connections to the Internet.

One way to fix is is to use iptables with the -j TCPMSS option -- see the
iptables man page.

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