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Subject: Re: packet is too small
From: drexx @ pspi . com . ph (Drexx Laggui)
Date: Thu, 26 Jun 1997 10:36:12 -0800
To: tsanghan @ contact . com . sg, firewalls @ greatcircle . com, fw-1-mailinglist @ us . checkpoint . com

|> From: tsanghan @
 contact .
 com .
 sg (Wong Tsang Han)
|>
|> I have client send us a portion of their /var/adm/messages,
|> 
|> Jun 15 23:50:13 fw unix: FW-1: fw_rejwct: packet is too small 0
|> 
|> This same line repeated for at least 2 pages of A4 paper.
|> 
|> I believe they are running FireWall-1 3.0 on a Solaris 2.5.
|> 
|> Any one have any idea what is this 'packet is too small' business??
|> 
|> Funny thing is, it seems there is a pattern in the timing, in a hour there
|> will be six line logged at the following mimutes of an hour,
|> 
|> 7, 10, 27, 30, 47, 50
|> 

Hello Tsang-han,

You have encountered a FW-1 bug. I found that out when I executed with
both of the following kernel parameters:

prompt# ndd -set /dev/ip ip_forward_src_routed 0
prompt# ndd -set /dev/ip ip_forwarding 0

Confirm it out with your Checkpoint reseller.

Hopt this helps,
Drexx.

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