Re: [v6ops] WG Doc? draft-gont-v6ops-ipv6-ehs-packet-drops

[Fernando Gont <[e-mail]>]

On 03/18/2016 07:34 PM, [e-mail] wrote:
> Nick,
> 
>> The ipv6-ehs-in-real-world draft notes that if you attach a
>> fragmentation extension header to a packet, it stands a good chance of
>> being dropped on the floor.  Protocols don't work when they are dropped
>> by the network.  This matters for frags / ipsec.
> 
> Fragment drop probability is not significantly different between IPv6 and IPv4.
> 
> https://labs.ripe.net/Members/emileaben/ripe-atlas-packet-size-matters
>   "We measure that about 8.5% to 9% of RIPE Atlas probes have problems with fragmentation in IPv4, and 10% of probes have fragmentation problems in IPv6. The IPv6 number agrees with a study that was performed by NLNetLabs in 2012, at which point the number of deployed RIPE Atlas probes was considerably smaller then now. In the meantime NLNetLabs have resumed their work on fragmentation, and the RIPE NCC is closely cooperating with this effort to better inform the Internet operations and research communities on this issue."
> 
> Which might be more of an argument against fragmentation at the network layer than EHs in particular.

How do you explain the drop rate of all other EHs?

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