On Thursday, May 08, 2014 12:25:54 PM Olivier Mascia wrote:

> Are there other documentation on ICMPv6 filtering,
> without dropping essential functionality, in the
> specific context of pfSense 2.1.x?

My personal opinion, we already killed IPv4 by filtering 
ICMP (and thereby, killing pMTU). Let's not repeat that in 
IPv6.

That said, ICMPv6 is different from ICMPv4, as it ensures 
link reachability among hosts (ARP is gone, as you know).

It would be nice for pfSense, perhaps, to provide rate 
limits that would help ensure ICMPv6 isn't abused, but does 
not cut off service. 

That said, if you do want to filter ICMPv6, be sure to (at 
least) allow the following ICMPv6 messages:

        echo-reply 
        echo-request 
        membership-query 
        membership-report 
        membership-termination 
        neighbor-advertisement 
        neighbor-solicit 
        router-advertisement 
        router-solicit 
        time-exceeded

Mark.

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