Fred, >> Is that not the exact definition of outer fragmentation? > > No. I am talking about outer header (OH) followed by tunnel header (TH) > followed > by inner packet (IP). Recipe: > > 1) wrap the IP in a TH to create a tunnel packet (TP) > 2) fragment the TP > 3) encapsulate each tunnel fragment in an independent OH > 4) send each outer packet (OP). These will look like ordinary > unfragmented IP packets, but will contain a tunnel fragment
Right you might as well define your own tunnel fragmentation then. And it will have a lot less overhead. Doing "segmentation" at what would be layer 4 (or 3.5) isn't what we are trying to discourage here. Cheers, Ole _______________________________________________ Int-area mailing list [email protected] https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/int-area
