[76822] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Smallest Transit MTU
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (John Kristoff)
Fri Dec 31 02:39:42 2004
Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2004 01:39:10 -0600
From: John Kristoff <jtk@northwestern.edu>
To: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <878y7ft0yy.fsf@valhalla.seastrom.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
On Fri, 31 Dec 2004 01:51:01 -0500
"Robert E.Seastrom" <rs@seastrom.com> wrote:
> You must not remember how SunOS 4 responded when handed icmp echo
> requests with the record-route option set (passed the packet on for
> the next guy to enjoy and then promptly paniced).
[...]
Now I know wide deployment of IPv6 is in jeopardy. If using 2 reserved
bits in a TCP header causes this kind of fear, imagine the resistance
IPv6 and it's redefinition of 20 bytes plus an addition of 20 has yet to
see.
John
