Hi, On Thu, May 06, 2021 at 11:53:21AM +0200, Frank Wunderlich wrote: > Hi > > Gesendet: Donnerstag, 06. Mai 2021 um 00:55 Uhr > > Von: "Pablo Neira Ayuso" <pablo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > rfc6691 says that TCP MSS is: > > > > The maximum number of data octets that may be received by the > > sender of this TCP option in TCP segments with no TCP header > > options transmitted in IP datagrams with no IP header option > > right, tell receiver which size of tcp-payload sender can handle, > wonder about "IP datagrams" which remembers to udp but have nothing > to do with tcp. i think mss does nothing for udp, am i right? UDP relies on IP fragmentation. > > By "flowtable condition" I'm not sure if you're refering to the "flow > > add" statement through. > > right, the "flow add" line with the condition (in my simple example all tcp/udp) > > > chain FORWARD { > > type filter hook forward priority 0; policy drop; > > > > tcp flags syn tcp option maxseg size set rt mtu > > ct state vmap { established : jump FORWARD_established, related : jump FORWARD_established, new : jump FORWARD_new } > > } > > } > > Thanks for the example, i wonder about this: > > established : jump FORWARD_established, related : jump FORWARD_established > > so established and related are moved to the established-chain, so > far so good, but you wrote in previous mail, that forward-chain is > only processed for syn-packets only (first 2: syn and syn-ack), so > imho there should be no established connections there. In conntrack, "established" state means: packets in both directions have been seen, therefore, TCP established != conntrack established. The first syn-ack reply packet is matching "ct state established"