-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far way, someone said...
> Hi, > I'm using 2.4.0-test12-pre7 (compiled it on my own, not through a > .deb) and I've encountered a very strange problem. There are certain > websites that my system now refuses to connect to. I know that these > sites are up because other systems can connect to them. And I can > even ping these same sites from my machine! However, HTTP connections > seem to go nowhere. Examples of these are: > > www.compubank.com > bank.netbank.com (but www.netbank.com works!) > www.exchangepath.com > www.zanybrainy.com > www.barnesandnoble.com > counters.honesty.com Your getting bit by ECN (explicit congestion notification). The sites in question have broken firewalls that are blocking valid (but little used until now) optional TCP flags. Do "sysctl -w net.ipv4.tcp_ecn=0" as root and see what you get. - -- - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Phil Brutsche [EMAIL PROTECTED] GPG fingerprint: 9BF9 D84C 37D0 4FA7 1F2D 7E5E FD94 D264 50DE 1CFC GPG key id: 50DE1CFC GPG public key: http://tux.creighton.edu/~pbrutsch/gpg-public-key.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.4 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE6NYK1/ZTSZFDeHPwRAk3XAJ4rTdNXURF2fwcQmSDS5wQx8iDIDACggqGl nOj03yeTj+VzwG4dPBlYJDs= =MmDF -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
