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

"Templin (US), Fred L" <Fred.L.Templin@boeing.com> Thu, 05 September 2019 19:57 UTC

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From: "Templin (US), Fred L" <Fred.L.Templin@boeing.com>
To: Bob Hinden <bob.hinden@gmail.com>
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Thread-Topic: [Int-area] Discussion about Section 6.1 in draft-ietf-intarea-frag-fragile
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Subject: Re: [Int-area] Discussion about Section 6.1 in draft-ietf-intarea-frag-fragile
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Bob,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bob Hinden [mailto:bob.hinden@gmail.com]
> Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2019 12:33 PM
> To: Templin (US), Fred L <Fred.L.Templin@boeing.com>
> Cc: Bob Hinden <bob.hinden@gmail.com>; int-area@ietf.org; IESG <iesg@ietf.org>; Joel Halpern <joel.halpern@ericsson.com>; draft-
> ietf-intarea-frag-fragile@ietf.org; Suresh Krishnan <suresh@kaloom.com>; intarea-chairs@ietf.org
> Subject: Re: [Int-area] Discussion about Section 6.1 in draft-ietf-intarea-frag-fragile
> 
> Fred,
> 
> > On Sep 5, 2019, at 11:57 AM, Templin (US), Fred L <Fred.L.Templin@boeing.com> wrote:
> >
> > Bob,
> >
> > Your effort is appreciated, but IMHO does not quite go far enough. Here is
> > a proposed edit:
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> >
> > OLD:
> >   Protocols and applications that rely on IP
> >   fragmentation will work less reliably on the Internet unless they
> >   also include mechanisms to detect that IP fragmentation isn't working
> >   reliably.
> >
> > NEW:
> >   Protocols and applications that rely on IP
> >   fragmentation will work less reliably on the Internet unless they
> >   also include mechanisms to detect that IP fragmentation isn't working
> >   reliably, or encapsulate their fragments in protocol headers that can
> >   traverse fragment-dropping middleboxes.
> 
> I am not sure we want or should add specific mechanisms here.  Encapsulation is one approach, but there are others.

s/encapsulate/disguise

?

Fred

> 
> Bob
> 
> 
> >
> > Thanks - Fred
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Int-area [mailto:int-area-bounces@ietf.org] On Behalf Of Bob Hinden
> >> Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2019 11:29 AM
> >> To: int-area@ietf.org
> >> Cc: IESG <iesg@ietf.org>; Joel Halpern <joel.halpern@ericsson.com>; draft-ietf-intarea-frag-fragile@ietf.org; Suresh Krishnan
> >> <suresh@kaloom.com>; intarea-chairs@ietf.org
> >> Subject: [Int-area] Discussion about Section 6.1 in draft-ietf-intarea-frag-fragile
> >>
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> Based on the discussion, I would like to propose to see if this will resolve the issues raised.   It attempts to cover the issues raised.
> >>
> >> The full section 6.1 is included below, but only the last sentence in the second paragraph changed.
> >>
> >> Please review and comment.
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> Bob
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> 6.1.  For Application and Protocol Developers
> >>
> >>   Developers SHOULD NOT develop new protocols or applications that rely
> >>   on IP fragmentation.  When a new protocol or application is deployed
> >>   in an environment that does not fully support IP fragmentation, it
> >>   SHOULD operate correctly, either in its default configuration or in a
> >>   specified alternative configuration.
> >>
> >>   While there may be controlled environments where IP fragmentation
> >>   works reliably, this is a deployment issue and can not be known to
> >>   someone developing a new protocol or application.  It is not
> >>   recommended that new protocols or applications be developed that rely
> >>   on IP fragmentation.  Protocols and applications that rely on IP
> >>   fragmentation will work less reliably on the Internet unless they
> >>   also include mechanisms to detect that IP fragmentation isn't working
> >>   reliably.
> >>
> >>   Legacy protocols that depend upon IP fragmentation SHOULD be updated
> >>   to break that dependency.  However, in some cases, there may be no
> >>   viable alternative to IP fragmentation (e.g., IPSEC tunnel mode, IP-
> >>   in-IP encapsulation).  In these cases, the protocol will continue to
> >>   rely on IP fragmentation but should only be used in environments
> >>   where IP fragmentation is known to be supported.
> >>
> >>   Protocols may be able to avoid IP fragmentation by using a
> >>   sufficiently small MTU (e.g.  The protocol minimum link MTU),
> >>   disabling IP fragmentation, and ensuring that the transport protocol
> >>   in use adapts its segment size to the MTU.  Other protocols may
> >>   deploy a sufficiently reliable PMTU discovery mechanism
> >>   (e.g.,PLMPTUD).
> >>
> >>   UDP applications SHOULD abide by the recommendations stated in
> >>   Section 3.2 of [RFC8085].
> >