Re: Path MTU for Tunnels (was: RE: NOTE: WG Last Call: draft-ietf-v6ops-mech-v2-01.txt)

2003-11-12 Thread Fred Templin
Yes, it's me again - hopefully one last time. I took out a bit too much in my last iteration on the document. I have added the following new text under "Sending Packets:"   "If the packet is 1280 bytes in length and it contains an IPv6  fragment header, the tunnel interface encapsluates the

Re: Path MTU for Tunnels (was: RE: NOTE: WG Last Call: draft-ietf-v6ops-mech-v2-01.txt)

2003-11-12 Thread Fred Templin
I have one more update to share on this document. It is found at:     www.geocities.com/osprey67/tunnelmtu-05.txt   Changelog is below:   Fred Templin [EMAIL PROTECTED]   Appendix A. Changelog   o  Removed support for IPv4 fragmentation to save state; eliminated  control message overhead. Fred

Re: Path MTU for Tunnels (was: RE: NOTE: WG Last Call: draft-ietf-v6ops-mech-v2-01.txt)

2003-11-11 Thread Fred Templin
Folks,   I uncovered a few bugs and made some changes since yesterday. (I was using the wrong mechanism for L2 fragmentation! :^/ ) The new document version can be found at:     www.geocities.com/osprey67/tunnelmtu-04.txt   The changelog appears below:   Fred [EMAIL PROTECTED]   Appendix A. Changel

Re: Path MTU for Tunnels (was: RE: NOTE: WG Last Call: draft-ietf-v6ops-mech-v2-01.txt)

2003-11-10 Thread Fred Templin
Hmm - I may have spoken too soon, as it looks like RFC 2675 has some minimum packet sizing requirements that make it just a bit too big to use over IPv6-in-IPv4 tunnels. Maybe we should (bis) it?   Fred [EMAIL PROTECTED]Fred Templin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: P.S. The document can be trivially ext

Path MTU for Tunnels (was: RE: NOTE: WG Last Call: draft-ietf-v6ops-mech-v2-01.txt)

2003-11-10 Thread Fred Templin
I would like to add some qualifying remarks to my previous message. Many of my earlier messages on this subject were preliminary, but this message and my current document are not. See:   www.geocities.com/osprey67/tunnelmtu-03.txt   This document offers the following important conclusion:     "It i