On Sat, 20 Dec 2003 22:00:25 +0100 Alexander Dalloz <alexander.dalloz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>To block traffic on loopback device (to and from lo) is >>not paranoid but a broken setup. >You error description sounds to me as you have problems >with wrong MTU/MSS size. If you are a dsl user with pppoe >be sure to turn on mssclamping to a secure value, Aurelio SÃnchez wrote: >On netfilter rules I'm a paranoid too, I'm afraid.... (I >LOG >and then DROP even ICMP packets.....:-), but without this >rule my machines cannot access to Internet for navigating >purposes. I'm an idiot then! I can accept that. I'll reset this rule and have a go at it again. I also will inspect the pppoe setup once again. If I have no success then up goes the iptables rules I have and see how this goes. Thank You Much I really appreciate your patience. Alex