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   Message 3,327 of 4,612   
   Tony Langdon to Richard Menedetter   
   Re: New One   
   19 Nov 20 19:16:00   
   
   TZUTC: 1100   
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   CHRS: ASCII 1   
   -=> On 11-17-20 19:13, Richard Menedetter wrote to Tony Langdon <=-   
      
    RM> Indeed!   
    RM> Especially IPv6 packet too big messages.   
    RM> IPv4 would fragment on the way.   
    RM> That is not possible in IPv6 where fragmentation is only allowed on the   
    RM> ends of a connection.   
    RM> It relies on the ICMP packet too big arriving at the sender, so he can   
    RM> resend.   
      
   Yeah that makes sense, and even blovking IPv4 ICMP causes strange issues, like   
   without path MTU discovery, senders won't know to adjust packet size.   
      
      
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