Make MSS clamping configurable, but enabled by default.

[tinc] / doc / tinc.texi

diff --git a/doc/tinc.texi b/doc/tinc.texi
index 3565818..d2b09fa 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/tinc.texi
+++ b/doc/tinc.texi
@@ -956,6 +956,12 @@ Any cipher supported by OpenSSL is recognized.
 Furthermore, specifying "none" will turn off packet encryption.
 It is best to use only those ciphers which support CBC mode.
 
+@cindex ClampMSS
+@item ClampMSS = <yes|no> (yes)
+This option specifies whether tinc should clamp the maximum segment size (MSS)
+of TCP packets to the path MTU. This helps in situations where ICMP
+Fragmentation Needed or Packet too Big messages are dropped by firewalls.
+
 @cindex Compression
 @item Compression = <@var{level}> (0)
 This option sets the level of compression used for UDP packets.