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author | Robert Göhler <github@ghlr.de> | 2022-01-17 12:47:31 +0100 |
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committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2022-01-17 12:47:31 +0100 |
commit | 09f087740844b447085be46a37728c896e6c1544 (patch) | |
tree | ca6d3a19ae67b2b0e20425f472c21e546a3d5cfe /docs/configuration | |
parent | 7ee5c8a55b56706a42a48ec00681c7992f7f1491 (diff) | |
parent | 83f983ceef5ff683ac25855d6dfae96a6af1d05d (diff) | |
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Merge pull request #697 from mrbuk/master
Fix description of 'adjust-mss' option
Diffstat (limited to 'docs/configuration')
-rw-r--r-- | docs/configuration/interfaces/pppoe.rst | 59 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | docs/configuration/interfaces/wwan.rst | 4 |
2 files changed, 59 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/docs/configuration/interfaces/pppoe.rst b/docs/configuration/interfaces/pppoe.rst index 41f22ed6..4a31efc5 100644 --- a/docs/configuration/interfaces/pppoe.rst +++ b/docs/configuration/interfaces/pppoe.rst @@ -177,6 +177,44 @@ PPPoE options PPPoE connection must be established over a physical interface. Interfaces can be regular Ethernet interfaces, VIFs or bonding interfaces/VIFs. +.. cfgcmd:: set interfaces pppoe <interface> ip adjust-mss <mss | clamp-mss-to-pmtu> + + As Internet wide PMTU discovery rarely works, we sometimes need to clamp our + TCP MSS value to a specific value. This is a field in the TCP options part of + a SYN packet. By setting the MSS value, you are telling the remote side + unequivocally 'do not try to send me packets bigger than this value'. + + .. note:: This command was introduced in VyOS 1.4 - it was previously called: + ``set firewall options interface <name> adjust-mss <value>`` + + .. hint:: MSS value = MTU - 20 (IP header) - 20 (TCP header), resulting in + 1452 bytes on a 1492 byte MTU. + + Instead of a numerical MSS value `clamp-mss-to-pmtu` can be used to + automatically set the proper value. + +.. cfgcmd:: set interfaces pppoe <interface> ip disable-forwarding + + Configure interface-specific Host/Router behaviour. If set, the interface will + switch to host mode and IPv6 forwarding will be disabled on this interface. + +.. cfgcmd:: set interfaces pppoe <interface> ip source-validation <strict | loose | disable> + + Enable policy for source validation by reversed path, as specified in + :rfc:`3704`. Current recommended practice in :rfc:`3704` is to enable strict + mode to prevent IP spoofing from DDos attacks. If using asymmetric routing + or other complicated routing, then loose mode is recommended. + + - strict: Each incoming packet is tested against the FIB and if the interface + is not the best reverse path the packet check will fail. By default failed + packets are discarded. + + - loose: Each incoming packet's source address is also tested against the FIB + and if the source address is not reachable via any interface the packet + check will fail. + + - disable: No source validation + IPv6 ---- @@ -185,6 +223,27 @@ IPv6 Use this command to enable acquisition of IPv6 address using stateless autoconfig (SLAAC). +.. cfgcmd:: set interfaces pppoe <interface> ipv6 adjust-mss <mss | clamp-mss-to-pmtu> + + As Internet wide PMTU discovery rarely works, we sometimes need to clamp our + TCP MSS value to a specific value. This is a field in the TCP options part of + a SYN packet. By setting the MSS value, you are telling the remote side + unequivocally 'do not try to send me packets bigger than this value'. + + .. note:: This command was introduced in VyOS 1.4 - it was previously called: + ``set firewall options interface <name> adjust-mss <value>`` + + .. hint:: MSS value = MTU - 20 (IP header) - 20 (TCP header), resulting in + 1452 bytes on a 1492 byte MTU. + + Instead of a numerical MSS value `clamp-mss-to-pmtu` can be used to + automatically set the proper value. + +.. cfgcmd:: set interfaces pppoe <interface> ipv6 disable-forwarding + + Configure interface-specific Host/Router behaviour. If set, the interface will + switch to host mode and IPv6 forwarding will be disabled on this interface. + .. cmdinclude:: /_include/interface-dhcpv6-prefix-delegation.txt :var0: pppoe :var1: pppoe0 diff --git a/docs/configuration/interfaces/wwan.rst b/docs/configuration/interfaces/wwan.rst index eb530c27..0c820471 100644 --- a/docs/configuration/interfaces/wwan.rst +++ b/docs/configuration/interfaces/wwan.rst @@ -39,10 +39,6 @@ Common interface configuration :var0: wwan :var1: wwan0 -.. cmdinclude:: /_include/interface-adjust-mss.txt - :var0: wwan - :var1: wwan0 - .. cmdinclude:: /_include/interface-ip.txt :var0: wwan :var1: wwan0 |