On 01/03/2012 13:52, Eric Vyncke (evyncke) wrote:
> Rather than dropping those ICMP PTB, let's accept them but let the OS decide 
> which is the minimum size path MTU that it can accept/tolerate... 

As someone who works for a router company I can see why the "punt it to
the OS" option seems attractive. :)

As an OS person my response is that having a well-enforced minimum makes
code simpler. Simple is good.


Doug

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