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   Markus Reschke to Benny Pedersen   
   Filered ICMP6 issue...   
   15 Aug 18 03:07:44   
   
   Hi Benny!   
      
   Aug 14 23:47 2018, Benny Pedersen wrote to Michiel van der Vlist:   
      
    MvdV>> - Allow PING   
      
    BP> this could drain your internet to the knees, you must make sure to    
    BP> reatelimit that allows   
      
   +1 :)   
      
    MvdV>> - Allow Packet too large   
      
    BP> insecure imho   
      
   It's necessary for Path MTU Discovery. But there also an additional method not   
   based on ICMP. Anyway, in IPv6 routers don't perform packet fragmentation as   
   in IPv4. So the endpoints have to take care about the MTU via Path MTU   
   Discovery.    
      
   ciao,   
   Markus   
      
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