Re: ip6tables icmp conntracking on 2.6.18 vs 2.6.24

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also sprach Jozsef Kadlecsik <kadlec@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> [2008.04.03.1814 +0200]:
> ICMPv6 non-error types (i.e. above type 128) - the exception of 
> echo-request (128) and node information query (139)  - are not tracked 
> yet, thus such packets are marked as INVALID.

Ah, I am glad there is such a straight-forward answer.

Do you have a roadmap for this sort of stuff? Can we expect more
IPv6 support for netfilter in 2.6.25?

> In order to handle ICMPv6 in the best way I'd suggest to read
> rfc4890 titled Recommendations for Filtering ICMPv6 Messages in
> Firewalls, which even comes with a sample ip6tables script.

Perfect. Thanks a lot!

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