On 01/11/2012 12:16 AM, Alexander Bluhm wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 07:51:03PM -0300, Fernando Gont wrote:
>> On 01/10/2012 01:20 PM, Alexander Bluhm wrote:
>>> Implement RFC 5722 and drop all IPv6 fragments that belong to a
>>> packet with overlapping fragments.
>>
>> FWIW, you may be interested in this one, too:
>> http://tools.ietf.org/id/draft-gont-6man-ipv6-atomic-fragments-00.txt
> 
> I already was aware of it.  It makes sense to me.
> 
> Do we want this in our stack although it is not an RFC yet?
> Or perhaps only in pf for extra security?

I should note that an RFC can take at least a year to publish (if ever).

So far, to the extent that the aforementioned I-D has been discussed on
the IETF 6man mailing-list, I haven't seen anybody opposing to it and,
on the other hand, quite a few people have expressed their support. So
I'd argue that you should apply this patch, and be done with it.

P.S.: Clearly, I'm biased, since I'm the author of the I-D, but...

Thanks,
-- 
Fernando Gont
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