From ed3ba2e0fa649142cde033ad431d2c750856d9c5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2015 11:04:23 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] mention about clamping MSS --- src/ocserv-args.def | 11 +++++++++++ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+) diff --git a/src/ocserv-args.def b/src/ocserv-args.def index 75880f48..80f351e8 100644 --- a/src/ocserv-args.def +++ b/src/ocserv-args.def @@ -824,6 +824,17 @@ and user-profile options must be set in ocserv's configuration. _EOT_; }; +doc-section = { + ds-type = 'NETWORKING CONSIDERATIONS'; + ds-format = 'texi'; + ds-text = <<-_EOT_ +In certain setups, where a firewall may be blocking ICMP responses, it is setting the +MSS of TCP connections to MTU will eliminate the "black hole" connection issues. +See http://lartc.org/howto/lartc.cookbook.mtu-mss.html for instructions +to enable it on a Linux system. +_EOT_; +}; + doc-section = { ds-type = 'SEE ALSO'; ds-format = 'man';