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authorkp <kp@FreeBSD.org>2015-07-25 14:06:32 +0000
committerkp <kp@FreeBSD.org>2015-07-25 14:06:32 +0000
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parent52037e71a3c3683265035c5ee2ad231925c63511 (diff)
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Pf can reassemble IPv6 fragments now.
Obtained from: bluhm (OpenBSD) Sponsored by: Essen FreeBSD Hackathon
Diffstat (limited to 'share')
-rw-r--r--share/man/man5/pf.conf.58
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man5/pf.conf.5 b/share/man/man5/pf.conf.5
index 4ed941c..02cd341 100644
--- a/share/man/man5/pf.conf.5
+++ b/share/man/man5/pf.conf.5
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
.\" ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
.\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
-.Dd June 29, 2012
+.Dd July 25, 2015
.Dt PF.CONF 5
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -2381,8 +2381,10 @@ Once this limit is reached, fragments that would have to be cached
are dropped until other entries time out.
The timeout value can also be adjusted.
.Pp
-Currently, only IPv4 fragments are supported and IPv6 fragments
-are blocked unconditionally.
+When forwarding reassembled IPv6 packets, pf refragments them with
+the original maximum fragment size.
+This allows the sender to determine the optimal fragment size by
+path MTU discovery.
.Sh ANCHORS
Besides the main ruleset,
.Xr pfctl 8
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