Hi Suresh,

So are you suggesting the non-last fragment size of less than 1280,
example 1200.

I still have a doubt on this one. Can we state that the first fragment
should have the complete TCP/ UDP headers? I find this essential for
the case of stateless filtering, which are easier to do at line rate
in the hardware.

Thanks,
Vishwas

On 5/17/07, Suresh Krishnan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi,

Jun-ichiro itojun Hagino 2.0 wrote:
>       my take on this is that, for non-final fragment, the packet size must
>       not be smaller than 1280 bytes.  there's no valid use for smaller
>       fragments (unless you have special network with MTU < 1280).

I tend to disagree. I do think there are cases where it makes sense to
have smaller non-final fragments. One example I can think about right
away is that there is a tunnel somewhere between the source and the
destination. In this case I would limit myself to a fragment size of
less than 1280 to avoid further fragmentation.

Cheers
Suresh



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