>> RFC 2460: "link MTU - the maximum transmission unit, i.e., maximum packet >> size in octets, that can be conveyed over a link."
> I read this as "link MTU" being the maximum packet size that you could ever > hope to be able send but the link technology could very well not allow the > maximum at times. Daniel, the specs are perfectly clear: there is no licence given to nodes to systematically drop packets smaller than MTU. In fact, such links break TCP, as you've discovered. > I'm still not sold on your argument, but it hardly matters. Tunnels on top > of the internet exist so we kind of just have to deal with it. Nobody is denying that. Please see RFC 4459, which describes how to make them work reasonably well. -- Juliusz _______________________________________________ Babel-users mailing list [email protected] https://alioth-lists.debian.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/babel-users
