Hi Ron, > -----Original Message----- > From: ipv6-boun...@ietf.org [mailto:ipv6-boun...@ietf.org] On Behalf Of > Ronald Bonica > Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2013 5:33 PM > To: Doug Barton > Cc: ipv6@ietf.org > Subject: RE: Meta-issues: On the deprecation of the fragmentation > function > > Doug, > > Let's see if we can find some common ground. > > Assume that the IETF is considering a new protocol that doesn't run > over TCP. In order to deal with MTU issues, the new protocol must do > one of the following: > > a) implement PLMTUD or PMTUD > b) restrict itself to sending PDUs so small that when they are > encapsulated in an IPv6 header, the resulting packet will not exceed > 1280 bytes > c) rely on IPv6 fragmentation > > Is there ever a reason why c) is better than a) or b). For that matter, > is c) ever an acceptable solution?
Fragmentation at a tunnel ingress router is unavoidable. Proof: - a tunnel configures a 1280 MTU - When its packets are encapsulated they emerge as (1280 + HLEN) (the length of the encapsulating headers) - the tunnel crosses a 1280 link somewhere in the path to the egress - the packet is dropped with a PTB signal sent back - the ingress now has two choices: 1) start fragmenting, 2) quit. Thanks - Fred fred.l.temp...@boeing.com > Ron > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Doug Barton [mailto:do...@dougbarton.us] > > Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2013 2:41 PM > > To: Ronald Bonica > > Cc: ipv6@ietf.org > > Subject: Re: Meta-issues: On the deprecation of the fragmentation > > function > > > > On 07/09/2013 11:12 AM, Ronald Bonica wrote: > > > Doug, > > > > > > It might be interesting to revisit what we mean by deprecating IPv6 > > fragmentation.... > > > > > > It means that the IETF will not approve any new protocols that rely > > upon IPv6 fragmentation. Nothing more, nothing less. > > > > Thanks for clarifying. FWIW, I understand what is being proposed, and > I > > still think it's a bad idea. > > > > Doug > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > IETF IPv6 working group mailing list > ipv6@ietf.org > Administrative Requests: https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ipv6 > -------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------- IETF IPv6 working group mailing list ipv6@ietf.org Administrative Requests: https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ipv6 --------------------------------------------------------------------