Re: 2.2.x kernels missend odd-sized ICMP packets

[Richard B. Johnson]

On Thu, 8 Apr 1999, David Miller wrote:

> 
> All IP packets must be some multiple of 2 bytes.
> 
> Later,
> David S. Miller
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 

At the user-level, sizes can be odd. Packets are padded later so
what gets checksummed and sent on the physical link is always even.


Cheers,
Dick Johnson
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