DO NOT join the rest of the world and block all ICMP traffic.
iptables man page:
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TCPMSS
This target allows to alter the MSS value of TCP SYN packets, to control the maximum size for that connection (usually limiting it to your outgoing interface's MTU minus 40). Of course, it can only be used in conjunction
with -p tcp. It is only valid in the mangle table.
This target is used to overcome criminally braindead ISPs or servers which block ICMP Fragmentation Needed packets. The symptoms of this problem are that everything works fine from your Linux firewall/router, but machines
behind it can never exchange large packets:
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