Re: icmp echo reply and DF

2006-09-01 Thread Herbert Xu
Marco Berizzi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I kindly would like to know why linux reply to ICMP > echo request packets with the DF bit set always to 0. We do that because that's the only sensible thing to do if you actually want ICMP messages to reach the destination host. PMTU on ICMP does not ma

icmp echo reply and DF

2006-09-01 Thread Marco Berizzi
I kindly would like to know why linux reply to ICMP echo request packets with the DF bit set always to 0. I have googled the internet but I have only found this pretty old message: http://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/9804.2/0334.html I also have found these messages that document this