Brian,
I agree that we need more text in this area. Let's chat off-line.
Ron
>
> Message: 2
> Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2018 15:37:48 +1200
> From: Brian E Carpenter <[email protected]>
> To: Wassim Haddad <[email protected]>,
> "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
> Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [Int-area] WG Adoption Call: IP Fragmentation Considered
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> +1 for adoption.
>
> However, I am a bit concerned about this key recommendation:
>
> > Application developers SHOULD NOT develop applications that rely on
> > IPv6 fragmentation
>
> It isn't obvious to me that this is an algorithmic requirement. If the
> application
> runs over TCP, how does the developer ensure that TCP will use an MSS that
> avoids the need for fragmentation? (The UDP situation is a bit clearer, but
> RFC8085 introduces considerable complexity, unless we accept that the
> Internet MTU for UDP is 576 or 1280.)
>
> Regards
> Brian
>
>
>
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