> From: dave.shi...@googlemail.com
> [mailto:dave.shi...@googlemail.com] On Behalf Of Dave Shield
> Sent: Friday, April 17, 2009 12:41 AM
> 2009/4/16 Mike Ayers <mike_ay...@tvworks.com>:
> > Wikipedia as a technical reference?! Please...
>
> What's wrong with that?
>
> Sure - if I want a definitive answer, then I'll go to the RFCs.
> But if I want a quick overview to get me started (and something that
> I might actually understand!) , then Wikipedia is a
> reasonable first call.
As are web searches. That's not the point. Wikipedia is not a citable
reference, if for no other reason than that the content is subject to change
without notice, so what I read may not be the same thing you read.
Also, while the RFCs are reasonably authoritative for SNMP, that is not
the case for all protocols (*koff*source routing*KOFF*). There are some, most
notably SMTP, for which reading RFCs is generally considered counterproductive.
I prefer good secondary sources for technical material - for IP I look to
Stevens vol 1:
http://www.amazon.com/TCP-Illustrated-Protocols-Addison-Wesley-Professional/dp/0201633469/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1240007471&sr=8-1
This touches, but does not elaborate on, the issue of fragmentation, at
least for UDP (pg 148). I'm overdue for a re-read, but the old rule of thumb
to not rely on fragmentation to work is still sound advice.
HTH,
Mike
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