On Wed, 2002-10-30 at 09:23, Carlos Sousa wrote: > On 29 Oct 2002 21:05:37 +1300 John Batistic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Following a new woody-XFS install I am unable to access _some_ secure > > sites, two in particular. The same situation exists for Mozilla, > > Konqueror and Opera and it happens before I get to password entry, just > > loading the site. > > > > One site is a credit card site, the other is a bank. > > > > However, an old install on another machine works just fine. > (snip) > > Check whether ECN id turned on or off in your kernel: > > # cat /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_ecn > > if you get 1, then try turning ECN off by doing > > # echo 0 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_ecn > > and check whether you now can access the troublesome websites. > > If this works, you might consider adding this line to some local > init script to ensure ECN is turned off every time you boot the machine. > > HTH.
Thank you Carlos. It is indeed the nature of my problem. I guess that in this transition period, if it _is_ a transition period, having CONFIG_INET_ECN enabled and tcp_ecn disabled is a convenient solution. Cheers John Batistic -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
