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Re: [v6ops] IPv6 fragmentation experience

Gert Doering <gert@space.net> Thu, 22 March 2018 10:20 UTC

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Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2018 11:20:10 +0100
From: Gert Doering <gert@space.net>
To: Joe Touch <touch@strayalpha.com>
Cc: Gert Doering <gert@space.net>, Mikael Abrahamsson <swmike@swm.pp.se>, "v6ops@ietf.org WG" <v6ops@ietf.org>
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Subject: Re: [v6ops] IPv6 fragmentation experience
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Hi,

On Wed, Mar 21, 2018 at 04:10:27PM -0700, Joe Touch wrote:
> It does when it drops a fragment *because* it lacks a transport header.

Where exactly in this thread was "dropping fragments" mentioned?

Fragmented packets arrived *earlier* than non-fragmented, which caused
surprises.  "Arrive earlier" is sort of the opposite thing from "drop".

Gert Doering
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have you enabled IPv6 on something today...?

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