TCP and IPV6_USE_MINMTU

Mark Andrews <marka@isc.org> Fri, 16 October 2015 03:41 UTC

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From: Mark Andrews <marka@isc.org>
Subject: TCP and IPV6_USE_MINMTU
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2015 14:41:10 +1100
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Please see
https://www.ietf.org/id/draft-andrews-tcp-and-ipv6-use-minmtu-00.txt

It addresses what should be obviously done but isn't by many
implementations.

Mark
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