Hi folks,

 

I have a doubt regarding the fragment header. Why do we need the M flag in the “fragment header” at all for IPv6? Having the fragment header itself would tell it’s a fragment and would distinguish between the first fragment and a non-fragment.

 

In IPv4 we did not have a fragment header, so the M flag was logical to have for distinguishing the first and a non fragment.

 

That said; how should the case where we have the fragment header and both the Fragment Offset and the M flag is 0 be treated?

 

Thanks,

Vishwas

 

 

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