Darren Reed writes: > The other relevant RFC here is 1122, see section 3.2.2. > We currently appear to default to 64, which is pretty good. > That's going to cover 99% of packets IP+TCP header data. > The real benefit in ensuring that all the IP+TCP/UDP/ICMP > header data is included. There's not a lot of benefit in sending > back 400 bytes of HTTP headers because the receiving stack > just won't use it.
64 is barely adequate if you've got any substantial tunneling going on -- and oft-times not usable, which is why the newer specs say you should send back as much as you can. -- James Carlson, Solaris Networking <james.d.carlson at sun.com> Sun Microsystems / 35 Network Drive 71.232W Vox +1 781 442 2084 MS UBUR02-212 / Burlington MA 01803-2757 42.496N Fax +1 781 442 1677
