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Date:      Fri, 28 Oct 2011 19:09:57 +0400
From:      Emil Muratov <gpm@hotplug.ru>
To:        <freebsd-ipfw@freebsd.org>, <freebsd-net@freebsd.org>
Subject:   ipfw reass brakes ipv6  operation
Message-ID:  <4EAAC5C5.6090803@hotplug.ru>

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Hi all

I've got into some strange behavior with ipv6. Somehow ipfw reassembly 
totally brakes it's operation.
As soon as I add a rule "ipfw add 100 reass all from any to any in" all 
ipv6 operation is not available any more,
I can only ping6 localhost. Outgoing ipv6 packets are OK, I can see them 
via tcpdump on an interface stf0 and after that leaving encapsulated in 
ip4 through another interface. But all  incoming ipv6 packets are 
blackholed. I can see them arriving as an encapsulated payload in ip4 
and after that they disappear. I don't know if this a bug or a feature, 
using "ipfw add reass ip4 from any to any in" works as a workaround. 
Shouldn't reass just pass ipv6 packets intact? Or if it is a feature 
than maybe there should be a note in IPFW(8) man page to not to use 
reass for anything except ip4?

Thanks.




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