[Freeswitch-users] ICMP... and MTU

[Cesar Bermudez]

Sorry to ask, but ..
If you dont recommend to block the ping, what do you recommend?
and what issue cause the icmp block?

Regards.


On Tue, Feb 18, 2014 at 2:25 PM, Brian West <brian at freeswitch.org> wrote:

> I want to open a discussion on this topic, I'm sure many of you fine
> freeswitchers have encountered the pain of exceeding the MTU and things not
> handling it properly.  I've also see this mindset that blocking all ICMP
> will somehow make your network more secure, In doing this you're actually
> breaking PMTU and the internet in general.  So check your firewalls, if
> you're blocking repent now and fix it... Input and discussions would be
> welcome on this topic.
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> I think this issue is more of an issue facing residential installs vs
> commercial installs... What have you seen?
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