Le jeudi 05 mai 2005 à 06:32 -0400, Alistair Tonner a écrit : > On May 4, 2005 11:09 am, jonathan wrote: > > Hi, > > I have a problem with squid and iptables. > > I have to use "TCPMSS --clamp-mss-to-pmtu" to adapt the mtu with the ISP > > requirement, but since I have installed the squid proxy, it seems like > > the iptables chains below doesn't work. > > I doubt that squid 'broke' iptables mss clamp. > > > > $iptables -A FORWARD -p tcp --tcp-flags SYN,RST SYN / > > -j TCPMSS --clamp-mss-to-pmtu > > > > $iptables -A OUTPUT -p tcp --tcp-flags SYN,RST SYN / > > -j TCPMSS --clamp-mss-to-pmtu > > > > Some websites still are unaccessible. > > You are doing the clamp in both FORWARD and OUTPUT. This is a good idea on > systems that require this function. However since we don't know the flow on > your system we can't offer much in the way of advice. > > Please let us know the following: > 1) what is the basic layout of your network scheme of the network : clients (win2000 and linux) | | iptables+squid+advanced routing (same machine) | | | | 2 differents ISPs > 2) where are the systems initiating the failed connections located on that > network sorry, i don't understand your question ... > 3) where is squid on that network? squid is on the same server than the iptables firewall (between clients and the Internet) > 4) what are you doing to get connections to go through squid? Squid is configurated as transparent proxy, only the gateway IP address is configurated on the clients. (nothing on the browsers) > 5) what other rules are there? classical rules are configurated, NAT for the local network... and filtering rules for accessing typical ports (DROP INPUT AND FORWARD setting by default). routing configuration makes some marked packets going through ISP1 and other marked packet through ISP2. > 6) what are the tcp_ecn settings on the firewall (I'd suspect ecn before > anything else since there are so many b0rken firewalls out there that don't > understand it) the tcp_ecn is switch to "0". > 7) what is meant by inaccessible? what functions of squid might affect this? > it means that mozilla browser write the state "waiting for..." until the timeout. Sometimes, it take a lot of time to display the website writing the state " transferring data from ...", and the website appears several minutes later or never appears ! > 8) Are you absolutely sure you checked to make sure tcp_ecn is off? > Completely? > yes : if [ -e /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_ecn ]; \ then echo 0 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_ecn; fi > Alistair Tonner > from now, I am not sure it's a mtu / mss problem ... I've noticed that squid's log display "TCP_NEGATIVE_HIT/404" many times ( i suppose it's normal on some websites), but it seems like squid block on this "error" message, trying to get a 2xx HTTP return code or something like this. Is it possible ? > > > > Is there a way to make it work? > > > > thanks >