Re: RFC2460 violation of RFC1122

Thomas Narten <narten@us.ibm.com> Mon, 16 July 2012 16:39 UTC

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To: "Templin, Fred L" <Fred.L.Templin@boeing.com>
Subject: Re: RFC2460 violation of RFC1122
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Comments: In-reply-to "Templin, Fred L" <Fred.L.Templin@boeing.com> message dated "Mon, 16 Jul 2012 08:57:49 -0700."
Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2012 12:37:29 -0400
From: Thomas Narten <narten@us.ibm.com>
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> Why not go all the way and say that IPv4 hosts are expected to
> reassemble at least 1500 the same as for IPv6 hosts?

We can say it, but how will we enforce it on the deployed base?

Thomas