Re: [Int-area] Discussion about Section 6.1 in draft-ietf-intarea-frag-fragile

Ole Troan <otroan@employees.org> Fri, 13 September 2019 12:00 UTC

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From: Ole Troan <otroan@employees.org>
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Subject: Re: [Int-area] Discussion about Section 6.1 in draft-ietf-intarea-frag-fragile
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Fred,

> Ron, it is just a drop in the bucket compared with the amount of discussion since
> "Fragmentation Considered Harmful (1987)". But, I think we now clearly see a
> case where  fragmentation is *required*.

Absolutely. As tunnels produce a new link-layer, that can (should) be a function of that link-layer.
Network layer fragmentation is not needed for that.
(For the purpose of making the point and to set future direction, ignoring existing IP tunnel mechanisms).

Cheers,
Ole