Templin, Fred L wrote:
>> Have egresses with proper performance. That's the proper
>> operation.
> How many core routers would be happy to reassemble at
> line rates without a forklift upgrade and/or strong
> administrative tuning?
You don't have to do it with core routers.
>>> End systems are expected and required to
>>> reassemble on their own behalf.
>>
>> That is not a proper operation of tunnels.
> Why not?
Lack of transparency.
>> Even though there is no well defined value of MSL?
>
> MSL is well defined. For TCP, it is defined in RFC793.
> For IPv4 reassembly, it is defined in RFC1122. For IPv6
> reassembly, it is defined in RFC2460.
As you can see, they are different values.
>> I'm talking about not operation guidance but proper
>> operation.
>
> The tunnel ingress cannot count on administrative tuning
> on the egress
I'm afraid you don't understand tunnel operation at all.
> No amount of proper operation can fix a platform that
> does not have adequate performance.
Choosing a proper platform is a part of proper operation.
Masataka Ohta
