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Re: FW: New Version Notification for draft-bonica-6man-frag-deprecate-00.txt

Brian Jones <bjones@g.mail.vt.edu> Tue, 25 June 2013 16:43 UTC

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From: Brian Jones <bjones@g.mail.vt.edu>
Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2013 12:42:13 -0400
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Subject: Re: FW: New Version Notification for draft-bonica-6man-frag-deprecate-00.txt
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On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 12:27 PM, Templin, Fred L <Fred.L.Templin@boeing.com
> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I just wanted to put out one thought. When talking about fragmentation
> and reassembly, never say "always" and never say "never". It is true
> that some routers are not well positioned to perform steady-state
> fragmentation and reassembly but that does not mean that it should
> "never" be used for any purposes.
>
> "Fragmentation Considered Harmful" was a seminal work, but it fell into
> the trap of making black-and-white statements about fragmentation and
> reassembly that do not "always" hold in *all* contexts. IP provides:
> 1) routing, 2) addressing, 3) a best-effort delivery model, and 4) a
> fragmentation and reassembly capability. Omitting 4) would leave us
> with something other than IP.
>

+1


>
> Thanks - Fred
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