> -----Original Message----- > From: Doug Barton [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 1:00 PM > To: Dan Wing > Cc: 'Fernando Gont'; [email protected]; 'Brian E Carpenter' > Subject: Re: Fragmentation-related security issues > > On 01/03/2012 11:02, Dan Wing wrote: > > If IPv6 hosts don't handle > > ICMP packet-too-big of less than 1280, those IPv4/IPv6 translators > > won't work with sub-1280 MTU IPv4 paths. > > ... and this is not a feature because? And no, don't quote the > robustness principle. The floor for MTU has been hard-coded since day > 1, so anyone who breaks that deserves what they get.
Yes, I agree, the last paragraph of http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2460#section-5 has been around a long time, and IPv6 hosts should follow it. If there is consensus otherwise, we (the collective "we") need to acknowledge what that breaks. -d > > > Doug > > -- > > You can observe a lot just by watching. -- Yogi Berra > > Breadth of IT experience, and depth of knowledge in the DNS. > Yours for the right price. :) http://SupersetSolutions.com/ -------------------------------------------------------------------- IETF IPv6 working group mailing list [email protected] Administrative Requests: https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ipv6 --------------------------------------------------------------------
