On 11/06/2013 08:42, [email protected] wrote:
>> Why wouldn't we add a sentence in -oversized-header-chain
>> following this:
>>
>>> 6. Updating RFC 2460
>>>
>>> If an IPv6 packet is fragmented, the first fragment of that IPv6
>>> packet (i.e., the fragment having a Fragment Offset of 0) MUST
>>> contain the entire IPv6 header chain.
>>
>> The entire IPv6 header including the header chain SHOULD NOT exceed
>> 256 octets.
>>
>> (or whatever magic number we decide on).
>
> I like this addition very much.
>
> Do you think it is realistic to get input from hardware manufacturers
> on what the magic number should be?
It seems that you'd get different answers according to the capability
of each manufacturer's silicon. 256 would be a marker in the sand
for future hardware, and it doesn't seem to be craziness. But
maybe it's worth inventing a "worst reasonable case" packet with
some rational combination of headers.
Brian
>
> Steinar Haug, AS 2116
>
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