Re: [v6ops] new draft: draft-taylor-v6ops-fragdrop
Joe Touch <touch@isi.edu> Mon, 29 October 2012 15:09 UTC
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Subject: Re: [v6ops] new draft: draft-taylor-v6ops-fragdrop
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How does that differ substantively from RFC 4821's advice? See esp. Sec. 8 of that doc, which seems just as accurate for the current situation. Joe On 10/28/2012 11:51 PM, Lorenzo Colitti wrote: > On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 5:08 AM, Mark Smith <markzzzsmith@yahoo.com.au > <mailto:markzzzsmith@yahoo.com.au>> wrote: > > I don't really disagree with that either, it's more that > fragmentation is a current capability of IPv6, so I think the IETF's > recommendation should be that it is enabled by default on the > Internet. I think that recommendation fits the robustness principle > too - "..., be liberal in what you accept from others". > > If the IETF recommends against forwarding fragments, then I think > that creates the obligation to provide advice and methods on what do > instead, > which might include specifying a standardised UDP fragmentation > method, and provide alternative methods for protocols that utilise > IP layer > fragmentation. > > Fragments may still be in use, however they may not used much at the > > application layer. OSPFv2 and OSPFv3 uses them instead of > implementing it's own fragmentation mechanism (and that may be > across multiple hops in the case of a OSPF virtual link), and they > are likely to be commonly used in IPsec and GRE tunnels (PMTUD > across the tunnel path and having the tunnel MTU adjusted to it is a > more advanced capability). > > > Ok, so how about stating the following, then? > > 1. Fragments are unreliable on the Internet today. > 2. If you're an application developer and your apps need to run on the > Internet, then fragments will likely not work in many cases. If you want > your application to work in these cases, you should either use > application-layer fragmentation, use path MTU discovery, or limit > yourself to small packets instead of sending fragments. > 3. If you control the network (e.g., if you're the network operator), > and want to use fragments for tunnels or other purposes, go ahead, but > note that in other people's networks, they might be filtered. > > Your suggestion of providing a generic UDP segmentation mechanism is a > fine idea, and one that we discussed before this draft was written, but > our feeling was that such a solution would be impossible to agree on > until we have a problem statement. This draft ("FYI: some operators > filter fragments. Keep that in mind.") was supposed to be the problem > statement. > > > _______________________________________________ > v6ops mailing list > v6ops@ietf.org > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/v6ops >
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