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Re: [v6ops] Fwd: New Version Notification for draft-taylor-v6ops-fragdrop-00.txt

Nick Hilliard <nick@inex.ie> Tue, 16 October 2012 18:29 UTC

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Subject: Re: [v6ops] Fwd: New Version Notification for draft-taylor-v6ops-fragdrop-00.txt
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On 16/10/2012 16:50, C. M. Heard wrote:
> I agree that is the point the draft is trying to make.  My complaint 
> is that it does not justify the assertion that some people who are 
> doing this lack palatable alternatives (e.g., by specifying what 
> credible threats are mitigated by dropping non-initial fragments).

is it worth mentioning cisco PFC3 based systems by name in this draft and
coming up with recommendations on whether the "platform ipv6 acl fragment
hardware forward" command should be used as a matter of course?  The
internet is still full of older cisco 6500s and 7600s, and will be for
years to come.

Nick

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