[strongSwan] Limit path MTU of IPsec between hosts

Noel Kuntze noel at familie-kuntze.de
Fri Aug 22 10:21:45 CEST 2014


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Hello list,

I'm running into some problems with IPsec, because of a low path MTU.
What happens is, that the ESP packets get fragmented by some router on the network path between the hosts.
That stops some websites from loading. 
Is there a way to limit the mss that is encapsulated into the ESP packets
and/or cause fragmentation on either of the endpoints?

Regards,
Noel Kuntze

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