Ted Lemon wrote:
> On Dec 5, 2007, at 3:54 PM, Templin, Fred L wrote:
>> The domain of applicability for this would be for any DHCP
>> usage and not just the DHCP-AUTH stuff. But, I would also
>> like to use it as a template for future documents that add
>> similar support for other UDP applications. Any comments
>> on it would be welcome.
> 
> The fact that you say it this way actually illustrates the main problem
> with it.   There's already a way to do fragmentation of UDP packets.  
> It's done at the IP layer, so there's no need to do it on a
> per-UDP-protocol basis.
> 
> A relay agent that doesn't handle a full 1500-byte DHCP packet is broken

Agreed. Relay agents for an app that speaks UDP should handle whatever
size packet the app can send. In this case, if DHCP can send 1500-byte
packets, the relay should be able to forward them.

Joe

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