I have been unable to connect successfully to https://dot.kde.org for several weeks. Digging a little deeper shows that the DNS entry returns both A and AAAA records and my machine tries to use the IPv6 (AAAA) result, forcing it to use IPv4 instead works. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Use firefox to connect to https://dot.kde.org from machine connected to internet via a dual stack IPv4 + IPv6 Actual Results: Connection times out Expected Results: web page The debug steps I went through are below. Although I can establish a TCP connection to port 443 OpenSSL fails to complete the HTTPS handshake with the server. [jburgess@localhost ~]$ host dot.kde.org dot.kde.org is an alias for t6jrh.x.incapdns.net. t6jrh.x.incapdns.net has address 149.126.74.103 t6jrh.x.incapdns.net has IPv6 address 2a02:e980:c::67 [jburgess@localhost ~]$ ping dot.kde.org PING t6jrh.x.incapdns.net (149.126.74.103) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from 149.126.74.103.ip.incapdns.net (149.126.74.103): icmp_seq=1 ttl=60 time=11.3 ms 64 bytes from 149.126.74.103.ip.incapdns.net (149.126.74.103): icmp_seq=2 ttl=60 time=10.8 ms ^C --- t6jrh.x.incapdns.net ping statistics --- 2 packets transmitted, 2 received, 0% packet loss, time 1002ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 10.815/11.104/11.394/0.308 ms [jburgess@localhost ~]$ ping6 dot.kde.org PING dot.kde.org(2a02:e980:c::67) 56 data bytes 64 bytes from 2a02:e980:c::67: icmp_seq=1 ttl=60 time=11.1 ms 64 bytes from 2a02:e980:c::67: icmp_seq=2 ttl=60 time=10.7 ms 64 bytes from 2a02:e980:c::67: icmp_seq=3 ttl=60 time=11.0 ms 64 bytes from 2a02:e980:c::67: icmp_seq=4 ttl=60 time=11.0 ms ^C --- dot.kde.org ping statistics --- 4 packets transmitted, 4 received, 0% packet loss, time 3005ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 10.721/10.973/11.152/0.202 ms OpenSSL connecting IPv4 is OK: [jburgess@localhost ~]$ openssl s_client -connect 149.126.74.103:443 CONNECTED(00000003) depth=2 C = BE, O = GlobalSign nv-sa, OU = Root CA, CN = GlobalSign Root CA verify return:1 depth=1 C = BE, O = GlobalSign nv-sa, CN = GlobalSign Organization Validation CA - SHA256 - G2 verify return:1 depth=0 C = US, ST = Delaware, L = Dover, O = Incapsula Inc, CN = incapsula.com verify return:1 --- Certificate chain 0 s:/C=US/ST=Delaware/L=Dover/O=Incapsula Inc/CN=incapsula.com i:/C=BE/O=GlobalSign nv-sa/CN=GlobalSign Organization Validation CA - SHA256 - G2 1 s:/C=BE/O=GlobalSign nv-sa/CN=GlobalSign Organization Validation CA - SHA256 - G2 i:/C=BE/O=GlobalSign nv-sa/OU=Root CA/CN=GlobalSign Root CA --- Server certificate -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE----- ... content deleted ... -----END CERTIFICATE----- subject=/C=US/ST=Delaware/L=Dover/O=Incapsula Inc/CN=incapsula.com issuer=/C=BE/O=GlobalSign nv-sa/CN=GlobalSign Organization Validation CA - SHA256 - G2 --- No client certificate CA names sent Server Temp Key: ECDH, prime256v1, 256 bits --- SSL handshake has read 4910 bytes and written 333 bytes --- New, TLSv1/SSLv3, Cipher is ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 Server public key is 2048 bit Secure Renegotiation IS supported Compression: NONE Expansion: NONE SSL-Session: Protocol : TLSv1.2 Cipher : ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 Session-ID: 27543796A9A45E09435BD0CEDD01932F78C291BC17D50CC46F04F0B0FF856F0F Session-ID-ctx: Master-Key: 202005B53ED8D5D9067686AEF12386EE6F2D431D1D89A9FF97054679F253A78404DFFBFA5ACE4363112D44799FEB24C0 Key-Arg : None Krb5 Principal: None PSK identity: None PSK identity hint: None TLS session ticket lifetime hint: 300 (seconds) TLS session ticket: 0000 - a1 dd 57 fb 6a 56 8b 21-8c 4d da 06 06 75 4f 3d ..W.jV.!.M...uO= 0010 - 38 1c d7 f1 b8 b4 77 19-35 81 c3 2e 7c e2 72 0c 8.....w.5...|.r. 0020 - 15 a7 be ae 5a ff 51 9a-e6 0d 5a 65 b2 cb ff 58 ....Z.Q...Ze...X 0030 - 2c e9 c7 cb 1c fb c0 eb-9b c5 1b af bd af 2e 8e ,............... 0040 - 25 9e 4c 08 9d 17 3c c8-ce 16 fb fb d3 70 f3 f0 %.L...<......p.. 0050 - 7a a4 ff 94 36 cf 22 cc-ae 19 65 8c 88 a1 00 5b z...6."...e....[ 0060 - 01 57 b5 c3 19 75 72 03-49 13 a4 35 d9 de ba 4b .W...ur.I..5...K 0070 - 54 a5 35 b1 93 86 75 1e-9b 14 b4 70 2c b2 72 57 T.5...u....p,.rW 0080 - 9e 09 d4 eb 2c 14 51 b9-d7 90 4c 82 14 0d 1a b6 ....,.Q...L..... 0090 - a3 c9 27 d9 92 d6 0c 83-53 50 07 f1 19 5a 79 84 ..'.....SP...Zy. Start Time: 1446162215 Timeout : 300 (sec) Verify return code: 0 (ok) --- DONE Conecting via the IPv6 address times out... [jburgess@localhost ~]$ openssl s_client -connect [2a02:e980:c::67]:443 CONNECTED(00000003) write:errno=104 --- no peer certificate available --- No client certificate CA names sent --- SSL handshake has read 0 bytes and written 207 bytes --- New, (NONE), Cipher is (NONE) Secure Renegotiation IS NOT supported Compression: NONE Expansion: NONE --- Similarly connecting via the DNS name (which is likely using IPv6) also times out: [jburgess@localhost ~]$ openssl s_client -connect dot.kde.org:443 CONNECTED(00000003) write:errno=104 --- no peer certificate available --- No client certificate CA names sent --- SSL handshake has read 0 bytes and written 207 bytes --- New, (NONE), Cipher is (NONE) Secure Renegotiation IS NOT supported Compression: NONE Expansion: NONE ---
wget http://dot.kde.org gets redirected to use https which then fails... [jburgess@localhost ~]$ wget http://dot.kde.org --2015-10-30 00:01:04-- http://dot.kde.org/ Resolving dot.kde.org (dot.kde.org)... 2a02:e980:c::67, 149.126.74.103 Connecting to dot.kde.org (dot.kde.org)|2a02:e980:c::67|:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 301 Moved Permanently Location: https://dot.kde.org/ [following] --2015-10-30 00:01:04-- https://dot.kde.org/ Connecting to dot.kde.org (dot.kde.org)|2a02:e980:c::67|:443... connected. Unable to establish SSL connection.
I see https:// working from another machine over IPv6. The machine that won't connect is on ADSL using PPPoE limited to 1492 byte frames. It could be a path MTU or ICMPv6 problem. I don't have any issues accessing other common IPv6 enabled sites like Google or facebook.
I can confirm a path MTU issue is the cause of the problem. Sniffing working traffic to Google and Facebook show they both use an MSS clamp of 1410 bytes. If I add a local iptables rule to force a similar MSS on my traffic to dot.kde.org then it works as well: $ sudo ip6tables -t mangle -A OUTPUT_direct -p tcp -d 2a02:e980:c::67 --tcp-flags SYN,RST SYN -j TCPMSS --set-mss 1410 $ wget -O /dev/null https://dot.kde.org --2015-10-30 00:50:17-- https://dot.kde.org/ Resolving dot.kde.org (dot.kde.org)... 2a02:e980:c::67, 149.126.74.103 Connecting to dot.kde.org (dot.kde.org)|2a02:e980:c::67|:443... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK Length: unspecified [text/html] Saving to: ‘/dev/null’ This suggests that there is probably a firewall blocking the ICMPv6 packets from getting back to your web server, breaking path MTU discovery. If you don't have control of this firewall then you might want to add a 1410 MSS clamp to your web server to workaround this problem for anyone else in a similar position to me.
Are you able to access https://krita.org without any clamping?
Also, cdn.kde.org doesn't redirect - can you try accessing http://cdn.kde.org/css/bootstrap.css and see if that loads without delay?
Both the krita and cdn URLs load fine without clamping.
For me, the Krita page loads fine, but the CDN server does not work under HTTP or HTTPS. This has been going on since late October and is severely impacting my ability to file bugs, read the documentation about KF5 (porting my apps from kdelibs 4), and use KDE in general. Is there anything I can do to help resolve this? I don't have ip6tables in my kernel so unfortunately I can't test to see if that fixes it for me or not.
You could try artifically restraining your MTU, we're working with the provider on a fix though.
Hi, I've had problems too. No, setting MTU to the RFC minimum of 1280 didn't work. It shouldn't matter anyway unless the other end is configured incompetently. I would say disable IPv6 for now until such a time this is actually resolved.
Hi all, I've been informed by Incapsula that they've deployed changes which should resolve MTU and other similar issues relating to IPv6 accessibility. Can you please test to confirm whether this is the case?
Hi I can confirm that I am now able to connect to https://dot.kde.org/ and https://cdn.kde.org/css/bootstrap.css via IPv6. I had previously blocked 2a02:e980::/29 at my firewall to force IPv4 while this issue existed, but removing the block now allows IPv6 connectivity. Thanks
Thanks Chris. Based on another response I received via another channel which also indicated the access problems were fixed, combined with this one, i'm going to consider the issue resolved.