On 2007/04/26 01:01, chefren wrote:
> Although it's not well known TCP seriously depends on ICMP packets of 
> type 3 code 4 for "Path MTU Discovery" (PTMTUD). Blocking of these 
> packets lead to congested IP connections, broken transmissions and thus 
> to frustrated users.

for PF, 'keep state' on the TCP rule (default in 4.1) does the right thing
and matches the appropriate ICMP messages as well.

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