Hi,

On Fri, 2019-12-20 at 05:01 +0000, Panos Kampanakis (pkampana) wrote:
> Thanks Magnus. 
> 
> > The EST-coaps client MUST support
> > Block1 only if it sends EST-coaps requests with an IP packet size
> > that exceeds the Path MTU.
> > 
> > I think the requirement for when Block1 is required to be supported in the
> > above sentence is unclear. Is the intention to say: An EST-coaps MUST
> > support
> > block1 to be capable to send requests that would otherwise result in the
> > reliance on IP level fragmentation?
> 
> Yes, that was the intention. We will rephrase it to say
> 
>    [...] The EST-coaps client MUST support
>    Block1 only if it sends large EST-coaps requests that would 
>    otherwise result to IP layer fragmentation.
> 

Is it support or use block1 when the request is to big? I think the combination
of support and only results in uncertainty towards what the implementor. Based
on this reformulation I have the impression you want to make the implementation
optional if the expected EST-coaps request size is less than what the IP MTU can
send without fragmentation. However, that leads me to ask what is the behavior
of a node that suddenly are faced with a request that is larger. Refuse to send
it with an error or still rely on IP fragmentation? There is always the
potential for a request being to large unless implementation support of block1
is mandated. 


Cheers

Magnus Westerlund 


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