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Date:      Sun, 19 Jan 2020 10:38:43 +0700
From:      Victor Sudakov <vas@sibptus.ru>
To:        Julian Elischer <julian@freebsd.org>
Cc:        Eugene Grosbein <eugen@grosbein.net>, freebsd-net@freebsd.org, "Andrey V. Elsukov" <bu7cher@yandex.ru>, Michael Tuexen <tuexen@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: IPSec transport mode, mtu, fragmentation...
Message-ID:  <20200119033843.GB54797@admin.sibptus.ru>
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Julian Elischer wrote:
> >=20
> > > Back to the point. I've figured out that both encrypted (in transport
> > > mode) and unencrypted TCP segments have the same MSS=3D1460. Then I'm
> > > completely at a loss how the encrypted packets avoid being fragmented.
> > > TCP has no way to know in advance that encryption overhead will be
> > > added.

> Using multiple routing tables we could add a mechanism to the ipsec
> code so that encapsulated sessions are referred to one routing table
> and that the "envelope" routes are referencing another (specified in
> ipsec setup) routing table.=A0 The two routing tables would have different
> MTUs.=A0 This mechanism/framework would also be useful for other
> tunneling protocols in general.

I think before inventing something so innovative and clever, we should
look at how IPSec transport mode and MTU adjustment is implemented in
other OSes (OpenBSD, Linux, even Windows). Any experts?


--=20
Victor Sudakov,  VAS4-RIPE, VAS47-RIPN
2:5005/49@fidonet http://vas.tomsk.ru/

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