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Re: [v6ops] Some stats on IPv6 fragments and EH filtering on the Internet

Fernando Gont <fernando@gont.com.ar> Tue, 05 November 2013 02:16 UTC

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On 11/04/2013 04:31 PM, Templin, Fred L wrote:
> Hi, if the network is dropping fragments we are just going to have
> to fix it. 

I guess we didn't have a good success rate with ICMP{v4,v6} filtering
for PMTUD to be reliable?

Not that I like it, but... it's not that easy to fix something that is
not under your control.

That said, I have a few ideas to provide some help in that direction.

Thanks!

Best regards,
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