RE: End System PMTUD behavior question

2009-02-17 Thread Dunn, Jeffrey H.
, January 23, 2009 11:51 AM To: Dunn, Jeffrey H. Cc: Rémi Denis-Courmont; ipv6@ietf.org; Huang, Frank; Sherman, Kurt T.; Liou, Chern; steve_eiser...@uscourts.gov; ipv6-boun...@ietf.org; v6...@ops.ietf.org; Grayeli, Parisa Subject: Re: End System PMTUD behavior question Hi Jeffrey, Here is a link

Re: End System PMTUD behavior question

2009-01-23 Thread Thomas Peterson
@ietf.org; Huang, Frank; Sherman, Kurt T.; Liou, Chern; steve_eiser...@uscourts.gov; ipv6-boun...@ietf.org; v6...@ops.ietf.org ; Grayeli, Parisa Subject: Re: End System PMTUD behavior question Hi Jeffrey, I have attached a picture which shows one of the topologies we use for our PMTUD tests. In this

RE: End System PMTUD behavior question

2009-01-23 Thread Dunn, Jeffrey H.
...@ietf.org; v6...@ops.ietf.org; Grayeli, Parisa Subject: Re: End System PMTUD behavior question Hi Jeffrey, I have attached a picture which shows one of the topologies we use for our PMTUD tests. In this test case we transmit an Echo Request from REF-Host2 to TAR- Host1 with a packet size of

RE: End System PMTUD behavior question

2009-01-23 Thread Dunn, Jeffrey H.
; Sherman, Kurt T.; ipv6@ietf.org; Liou, Chern; steve_eiser...@uscourts.gov; ipv6@ietf.org; v6...@ops.ietf.org; Grayeli, Parisa Subject: RE: End System PMTUD behavior question On Fri, 23 Jan 2009, peter.h...@nokia.com wrote: > For example, if a user does a "ping -s 1500" to a destinati

RE: End System PMTUD behavior question

2009-01-23 Thread Dunn, Jeffrey H.
; Liou, Chern; steve_eiser...@uscourts.gov; ipv6-boun...@ietf.org; v6...@ops.ietf.org; Grayeli, Parisa Subject: Re: End System PMTUD behavior question In message <3c6f21684e7c954193e6c7c4573b762701d3dd7...@imcmbx1.mitre.org>, "Dun n, Jeffrey H." writes: > Mark, > > Could

RE: End System PMTUD behavior question

2009-01-22 Thread Pekka Savola
On Fri, 23 Jan 2009, peter.h...@nokia.com wrote: For example, if a user does a "ping -s 1500" to a destination whose PMTU is 1280, the only way to avoid IP fragmentation is for the ping application to split the data into multiple messages, or for IPCMPv6 to do so. Either way, you have to introd

Re: End System PMTUD behavior question

2009-01-22 Thread Mark Andrews
In message <3c6f21684e7c954193e6c7c4573b762701d3dd7...@imcmbx1.mitre.org>, "Dun n, Jeffrey H." writes: > Mark, > > Could you elaborate on what you mean by "DNS servers just tell the kernel t= > o fragment at network mtu for UDP/IPv6 and ensure that DF is off for UDP/IP= > v4." What is the "netwo

RE: End System PMTUD behavior question

2009-01-22 Thread Dunn, Jeffrey H.
t T.; ipv6@ietf.org; Liou, Chern; steve_eiser...@uscourts.gov; ipv6-boun...@ietf.org; v6...@ops.ietf.org; Grayeli, Parisa Subject: Re: End System PMTUD behavior question In message <808f2ece7425024994976ac3d44bdcf4c8b...@vaebe108.noe.nokia.com>, Pet er.h...@nokia.com writes: > Heman

Re: End System PMTUD behavior question

2009-01-22 Thread Mark Andrews
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RE: End System PMTUD behavior question

2009-01-22 Thread Peter.Hunt
Hemant, Forgive me if I've misunderstood, but it sounds like you're saying that we should require protocols or applications above IP to always send data in messages small enough to avoid IP fragemntation. I agree it makes sense for a higher layer to use the PMTU information in IP's cache whe

RE: End System PMTUD behavior question

2009-01-22 Thread Hemant Singh (shemant)
Jeffrey, Both IPv4 and IPv6 standards recommend not to fragment. So the first impact on the system behavior for host receiving an PTB message is to try and not fragment. I have not paid attention to older RFC's. I am working off of RFC 4821 that recommends a host keep "conceptual" variables in

Re: End System PMTUD behavior question

2009-01-22 Thread Thomas Peterson
ps.ietf.org ; Grayeli, Parisa Subject: Re: End System PMTUD behavior question Hi Jeffrey, This is Thomas Peterson from the InterOperability Laboratory at UNH. We have done extensive testing in this area and would be happy to work with you off line to examine this scenario. If you would like

RE: End System PMTUD behavior question

2009-01-21 Thread Dunn, Jeffrey H.
: End System PMTUD behavior question > The following questions occurred to us: > 1. Should the hosts re-transmit the ICMPv6 echo request(s) in fragments? If the ICMPv6 echo reqs were being used for PMTUD, the answer should be a No. The host just received an Indication of Too Big that also sa

RE: End System PMTUD behavior question

2009-01-21 Thread Dunn, Jeffrey H.
: Wednesday, January 21, 2009 3:00 PM To: Dunn, Jeffrey H. Cc: Rémi Denis-Courmont; ipv6@ietf.org; Huang, Frank; Sherman, Kurt T.; Liou, Chern; steve_eiser...@uscourts.gov; ipv6-boun...@ietf.org; v6...@ops.ietf.org; Grayeli, Parisa Subject: Re: End System PMTUD behavior question Hi Jeffrey, This is

RE: End System PMTUD behavior question

2009-01-21 Thread Hemant Singh (shemant)
> The following questions occurred to us: > 1. Should the hosts re-transmit the ICMPv6 echo request(s) in fragments? If the ICMPv6 echo reqs were being used for PMTUD, the answer should be a No. The host just received an Indication of Too Big that also said the PMTU is 1280, so the host should

Re: End System PMTUD behavior question

2009-01-21 Thread Thomas Peterson
t: Re: End System PMTUD behavior question Le mercredi 21 janvier 2009 20:56:23 Dunn, Jeffrey H., vous avez écrit : Colleagues, We have been performing some PMTUD tests and have found that different operating systems handle PMTUD differently. Specifically, we found that the "ping"

RE: End System PMTUD behavior question

2009-01-21 Thread Dunn, Jeffrey H.
s-Courmont [mailto:rde...@simphalempin.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2009 2:33 PM To: ipv6@ietf.org Cc: Dunn, Jeffrey H.; ipv6-boun...@ietf.org; v6...@ops.ietf.org; Sherman, Kurt T.; Liou, Chern; steve_eiser...@uscourts.gov; Huang, Frank; Grayeli, Parisa Subject: Re: End System PMTUD behavior qu

Re: End System PMTUD behavior question

2009-01-21 Thread Rémi Denis-Courmont
Le mercredi 21 janvier 2009 20:56:23 Dunn, Jeffrey H., vous avez écrit : > Colleagues, > > We have been performing some PMTUD tests and have found that different > operating systems handle PMTUD differently. Specifically, we found that the > "ping" application behaves in the following way when the