Re: BigIP controller - any issues?

From: Joseph S D Yao (jsdyat_private)
Date: Fri Oct 01 1999 - 10:11:39 PDT

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    > IP forwarding on BigIP has to be specifically enabled. Out of the box
    > it is setup as default DENY. In other words, only those IPs and services
    > setup with VIPs will get traffic. Also ICMPs are not passed, except for
    > Fragment/Dont Fragment. ...
    
    Ah.  This might explain why a dual firewall with a BigIP in front of it
    might be able to talk to some hosts, but fail with large mail messages
    to certain MSW-NT servers.  No packet size negotiation?  This is
    important when going through a tunnel, since the tunnel envelope would
    take up some of what would otherwise be the usual packet size.
    
    Sound about right?
    
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    Joe Yao				jsdyat_private - Joseph S. D. Yao
    COSPO/OSIS Computer Support					EMT-B
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