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Re: How to use an IP-header bit for Path MTU discovery.

Philippe Prindeville <philipp@Gipsi.Gipsi.Fr> Tue, 20 February 1990 10:09 UTC

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Date: Tue, 20 Feb 90 11:08:52 -0100
From: Philippe Prindeville <philipp@Gipsi.Gipsi.Fr>
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To: jrd@ALLSPICE.LCS.MIT.EDU
Subject: Re: How to use an IP-header bit for Path MTU discovery.
Cc: MTU Discovery <mtudwg>

One problem with turning off the RF bit in the header (I refuse
to delete an option from a packet) is that frag-0 may be
further fragmented along the way, so the most interesting
report is the final one (ie. the one with the smallest fragment
size).  Simple fix:  leave it on all the way.

-Philip

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