I-D ACTION:draft-ietf-pmtud-method-01.txt

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This draft is a work item of the Path MTU Discovery Working Group of the IETF.

	Title		: Path MTU Discovery
	Author(s)	: M. Mathis
	Filename	: draft-ietf-pmtud-method-01.txt
	Pages		: 26
	Date		: 2004-2-17
	
[@@ To be rewritten]

This document describes Path MTU Discovery for the Internet.  It is
largely derived from RFC 1191 and RFC 1981, which describe ICMP based
Path MTU Discovery for IP versions 4 and 6, plus a robust new
algorithm.

The general strategy of the new algorithm is to start with a small
MTU and probe upward, testing successively larger MTUs by probing
with single packets.  If the probe is successfully delivered, then
the MTU is raised.  If the probe is lost, it is treated as an MTU
limitation and not as a congestion signal.

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