On 2014-08-19 14:00, Fernando Gont wrote:
[..]
> 1) some BGP servers accept ICMPv6 PTB that claim an MTU < 1280, and
> react (as expected) by generating atomic fragments, *and*,

Anything accepting an MTU < 1280 does not belong on the Interwebs.

Hence, it would be good that kind of broken code can't send anything.

[..]
> As noted in the I-D, the mitigations seem to be:
> 
> 1) Artificially limit your packets to 1280, and drop all incoming ICMPv6
> PTB, or,
> 
> 2) Have your device just drop ICMPv6 PTB that claim a Next-Hop MTU
> smaller than 1280.

Don't forget:
0) BCP38.

Though, one would have to inspect the ICMPv6 packet too then....

Hmm, maybe time to test that out in sixxsd...

Greets,
 Jeroen

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