Hi, On Wed, Apr 06, 2005 at 02:36:10PM +0200, Allain Yoann wrote: > > On Tue, 31 Mar 2005 22:16:40, rsnel at cube.dyndns.org wrote > > > > > >packets from ipsec tunnel seem to get lost before they enter the the > > >FORWARD chain with kernel 2.6.11. There is no problem with 2.6.8-2-k6 > > >(Debian kernel with 26sec) and there is no problem with ipsec turned > > >off. > > > [...] > > >So, is it a bug, feature, or just misconfiguration? Can you reproduce? > > >I would appreciate any insight on this problem. > > I solved the problem: > Since the kernel 2.6.10, we must set a "fwd" policy in the same way we > did for the "in" policy on each host-end of the tunnel. > > I just found one reference on the web: > http://www.ipsec-howto.org/x277.html (one line in the middle) > > I hope others newbies like me won't lose too much time on it... Many thanks Allain for your solution. (I didn't try it out yet, but I expect it to work) And so problem turned out to be misconfiguration of a new feature... Greetings, Rik.