On Sat, Nov 10, 2018 at 10:50:14AM -0700, Alexander Bluhm wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 10, 2018 at 12:54:49PM +0100, Klemens Nanni wrote:
> > Yes, although I agree with jmc on simpler wording. FWIW, FreeBSD just
> > goes with "-D       Set the Don't Fragment bit" as well.
> 
> There is no "Don't Fragment bit" in IPv6, so this is wrong.
> 
> In IPv4 we do set the don't fragment bit in the packet to prevent
> router fragmentation, in IPv6 we prevent fragmentation in the local
> output path.
> 
> The "Don;t fragment transmitted packets." is not precise.  In IPv6
> it would be the other way around "Don;t transmit fragmented packets."
> 
> What about "-D Prevent IP fragments."?
> 
> bluhm
> 

that sounds fine too. should we talk about packets though? "Don't
fragment IP packets." or "Prevent fragmentation of IP packets." or
somesuch?

jmc

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