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Re: [Int-area] WG Adoption Call: IP Fragmentation Considered Fragile

Mikael Abrahamsson <swmike@swm.pp.se> Fri, 03 August 2018 07:48 UTC

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From: Mikael Abrahamsson <swmike@swm.pp.se>
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Subject: Re: [Int-area] WG Adoption Call: IP Fragmentation Considered Fragile
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On Thu, 2 Aug 2018, Tom Herbert wrote:

> This leads to driving everything down to only support the least common 
> denominator. Problem is that we can never move things forward if 
> everyone is bound to LCD.

I don't understand why people think this is what I am saying.

Car engines have "limp mode" when things go wrong. This is a restricted 
mode that gets you home, works much worse, but at least doesn't leave you 
stranded. I am saying applications should have the same.

I've kept saying "Networks must support ip fragmentation properly. 
Applications should still work somewhat when it doesn't".

Så relying on fragmentation and falling over when it doesn't work is not a 
good strategy to recommend to application developers.

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Mikael Abrahamsson    email: swmike@swm.pp.se

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