Le 27 oct. 2010 à 16:36, Lee, Yiu a écrit :

> Hi Remi,
>> 
>> The following alternative should IMHO be at least permitted:
>> The IPv4 packet with DF not set is split into fragments small enough for
>> each one to fit, with its encapsulation header, in the tunnel MTU.
>> Thus:
>> - Reassembly of IPv6 isn't needed at tunnel exit (simpler and causing
>> less delays)
>> - the overhead of the IPv6 extension header that is needed for
>> fragmentation is avoided.
>> 
> [YL] The fragmentation happens because of a tunnel between the B4 and AFTR
> in the access network. I think this is the B4 and AFTR who created the
> tunnel are responsible for fixing the problem.

> If B4 fragmented the v4
> packet, this is a possibility that the target server may drop the
> fragmented v4 packet due to security concerns.

I miss the point.
I don't see why servers would refuse fragmented datagrams for security reasons.


> This will affect the user
> experience behind the b4. We did some scaling test on ISC AFTR
> implementation and an open source B4 implementation. The fragmentation and
> reassemble didn't create a lot of overhead especially the AFTR would
> receive both v6 packets almost immediately. It doesn't require the AFTR to
> buffer for too long.

The behavior you described clearly makes sense. 
The point is ONLY that an alternative behavior, which also makes sense, should 
be authorized (not objected to by a "should") 

> [YL] Also, this will also require some logic in the B4 to check the DF bit
> and make decision what to do.

Right.
That's indeed part of the alternative that IMHO should be authorized.


>> The maximum number of ports that customers will be authorized to use,
>> both on the average and individually, should IMHO remain free from any
>> recommended numbers.
>> Each provider will have to make its decision based on many parameters of
>> its own.
>> In particular, as IPv6 takes momentum, less and less IPv4 ports per
>> customer will be needed over time.
>> 
>> A proposal would be to delete the sentence as being out of scope.
>> (No one who may have problems with a choice in the 3000-5000 range should
>> be able to say that IETF is responsible, because of the "should".)
>> 
> [YL] Agreed and will remove it from the next revision.

Thanks,
RD




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