Re: [Openvpn-users] Serious mssfix compatibility issue with OpenVPN Connect

2024-09-04 Thread Marian Ďurkovič
On Wed, 4 Sep 2024 09:22:08 +0200, Antonio Quartulli wrote ... > That practically means that QUIC is equally broken everytime macOS is > used behind a router with a smaller MTU (like the PPPoE case mentioned > by Gert). > > Are we truly sure about these statement? In fact, all UDP application

Re: [Openvpn-users] Serious mssfix compatibility issue with OpenVPN Connect

2024-09-03 Thread Marian Ďurkovič
On Wed, 4 Sep 2024 08:24:07 +0200, Gert Doering wrote ... > So how does MacOS deal with intermediate routers that can only handle > 1492? This is a very common scenario for PPPoE-based DSL connections, > and since it's not "a local interface" it would have to handle the > ICMPs somehow. > > I

Re: [Openvpn-users] Serious mssfix compatibility issue with OpenVPN Connect

2024-09-03 Thread Gert Doering
Hi, On Wed, Sep 04, 2024 at 08:08:14AM +0200, Marian ??urkovi?? wrote: > On Tue, 3 Sep 2024 21:42:23 +0200, Gert Doering wrote > ... > > I agree that the decision by Connect to do "1500 byte MTU, but > > generate the ICMP itself" (instead of doing ifconfig with lower MTU) > > is somewhat questio

Re: [Openvpn-users] Serious mssfix compatibility issue with OpenVPN Connect

2024-09-03 Thread Marian Ďurkovič
Hi Gert, On Tue, 3 Sep 2024 21:42:23 +0200, Gert Doering wrote ... > I agree that the decision by Connect to do "1500 byte MTU, but > generate the ICMP itself" (instead of doing ifconfig with lower MTU) > is somewhat questionable - but for the application, the net result > should be the same -

Re: [Openvpn-users] Serious mssfix compatibility issue with OpenVPN Connect

2024-09-03 Thread Gert Doering
Hi, On Tue, Sep 03, 2024 at 07:29:41PM +0200, Marian ??urkovi?? wrote: > on MacOS, ICMP Fragmentation needed messages only work for TCP protocol. > They are never delivered to any UDP application. For this reason, sending > ICMP messages is useless for anything else than TCP on MacOS. This is a

Re: [Openvpn-users] Serious mssfix compatibility issue with OpenVPN Connect

2024-09-03 Thread Marian Ďurkovič
Hi Antonio, on MacOS, ICMP Fragmentation needed messages only work for TCP protocol. They are never delivered to any UDP application. For this reason, sending ICMP messages is useless for anything else than TCP on MacOS. But the main problem here is, that mssfix OpenVPN config option was intende

Re: [Openvpn-users] Serious mssfix compatibility issue with OpenVPN Connect

2024-09-03 Thread Antonio Quartulli
Hi Marian, I am back on this topic. On 17/05/2024 08:10, Marian Ďurkovič wrote: [...] Perhaps someone from this group could explain to OpenVPN Connect developers, that breaking OpenVPN and basic networking principles is never a good idea... since QUIC packets come with the DF bit set and O

Re: [Openvpn-users] Serious mssfix compatibility issue with OpenVPN Connect

2024-05-17 Thread Antonio Quartulli
Hi, On 17/05/2024 08:33, Gert Doering wrote: Hi, On Fri, May 17, 2024 at 08:10:17AM +0200, Marian ??urkovi?? wrote: I'd like to bring to your attention serious compatibility issue with OpenVPN Connect client regarding mssfix config option. I'm afraid there are no Connect developers here. T

Re: [Openvpn-users] Serious mssfix compatibility issue with OpenVPN Connect

2024-05-16 Thread Gert Doering
Hi, On Fri, May 17, 2024 at 08:10:17AM +0200, Marian ??urkovi?? wrote: > I'd like to bring to your attention serious compatibility issue with OpenVPN > Connect client regarding mssfix config option. I'm afraid there are no Connect developers here. They do not really engage with "the outside wor