Hi, Ron, Unreliable - how is that not assumed? They’re sent as IP packets.
Rate limited - there isn’t actually such a requirement. Most ICMPs are defined as SHOULD be sent, which allows for endpoints that would otherwise be overloaded to rate limit, but that could also backfire - ICMP messages indicate IP packet issues, not TCP connection or UDP association issues. Endpoint processing - see RFC1122 So although I appreciate the questions people ask, RFCs aren’t self contained and not all questions indicate a RFC document gap. Maybe this just belongs on Wikipedia? (Seriously - that could be useful, but I don’t know why an RFC is). Joe — Dr. Joe Touch, temporal epistemologist www.strayalpha.com > On May 22, 2024, at 3:49 PM, Ron Bonica > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Folks, > > Over the years, I have written several forwarding plane documents that > mention ICMP. During the review of these documents, people have raised issues > of the like the following: > > shouldn't we mention that ICMP message delivery is not reliable? > shouldn't we mention that ICMP messages are rate limited? > How is the ICMP message processed at its destination? > > In each of these documents, I have added an ICMP considerations section to > address these issues. Rather than repeating that text in every document we > write in the future, I have abstracted it into a separate document. > > If anyone would like to contribute to this document, it can be found at > https://github.com/ronbonica/ICMP > > Please send a private email if you are interested in contributing to the > document. > > > Ron > > <https://github.com/ronbonica/ICMP> > GitHub - ronbonica/ICMP: ICMP Inherited Wisdom Draft > <https://github.com/ronbonica/ICMP> > ICMP Inherited Wisdom Draft. Contribute to ronbonica/ICMP development by > creating an account on GitHub. > github.com <http://github.com/> > > > > Juniper Business Use Only > > _______________________________________________ > Int-area mailing list -- [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>
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