Thus spake [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> > IPv6 is another case though. Here you have mandatory PMTU for all
> > protocols.
> This is a myth. It is quite possible to have a IPv6
> implementation that does not require PMTU discovery. You
> just fragment all your traffic at the network MTU. If fact
> there are hooks in the BSD advansed API to allow you to do
> this on a per socket basis.
That is a myth, too.
If chose not to to PMTU in IPv6, you have to limit your MTU to ~1200
byts (the exact value is in the RFC). So it's not the network MTU you
are using.
> DNS servers, for one, need to be able to disable PMTU on
> the replies.
?
Felix
