[e2e] UDP length field

minshall at redback.com (Greg Minshall) Thu, 25 March 2004 11:59 UTC

From: "minshall at redback.com"
Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2004 11:59:43 -0000
Subject: [e2e] UDP length field
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 11 Apr 2001 10:59:00 PDT." <3AD49B64.86E2E673@isi.edu>
Message-ID: <200104162243.PAA02146@red.redback.com>

Joe,

> 	3. in the case where IP options add trailers
> 		in this case, there is insufficient information in the IP_LEN
> 		and IP_HLEN fields to determine where the UDP data ends

foo.  if an IP option adds a trailer, it needs to give an indication of how to 
find that trailer, which is in "IP land", not "UDP/TCP/whatever land" (note 
that in rfc893, "how to find the trailer" is actually in "ethernet land"; that 
works, since rfc893 is effectively describing an ethernet option that adds a 
trailer).

cheers, Greg Minshall