Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 01 Dec 2000 05:06:00 -0500 | From | Ben McCann <> | Subject | Re: 2.2.17 IP masq bug |
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I'm curious about how ICMP redirect is causing this problem. Would you elaborate on how ICMP is involved?
-Ben McCann
Julian Anastasov wrote: > > Hello, > > On Fri, 1 Dec 2000, Mike Perry wrote: > > > external net, so it can IP masq the other 14 machines. The machines are on a > > switch, and share a semi-switched network segment with a bunch of other > > external IP'd machines (we are all in the same lab, actually). > > > > The bug: > > When I make a connection from any internal node to the one of the other > > externally routed machines in my lab, then close it, this external machine then > > becomes unreachable to successive connects from that node. > > This problem can be caused from the ICMP redirect. Can these > commands help? > > echo 0 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/all/send_redirects > echo 0 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/eth0/send_redirects > > Regards > > -- > Julian Anastasov <ja@ssi.bg> > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
-- Ben McCann Indus River Networks 31 Nagog Park Acton, MA, 01720 email: bmccann@indusriver.com web: www.indusriver.com phone: (978) 266-8140 fax: (978) 266-8111 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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