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Date:      Mon, 9 Feb 1998 15:03:09 -0200 (EDT)
From:      Joao Carlos Mendes Luis <jonny@coppe.ufrj.br>
To:        Pierre.Beyssac@hsc.fr (Pierre Beyssac)
Cc:        jonny@coppe.ufrj.br, avalon@coombs.anu.edu.au, marcs@znep.com, archie@whistle.com, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: ipfw logs ports for fragments
Message-ID:  <199802091703.PAA23513@gaia.coppe.ufrj.br>
In-Reply-To: <19980209172948.VX49057@mars.hsc.fr> from Pierre Beyssac at "Feb 9, 98 05:29:48 pm"

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#define quoting(Pierre Beyssac)
// According to Joao Carlos Mendes Luis:
// > I can't remember anything in the IP protocol that would disallow reassembly
// > in the routers, other than performance.  Could you please give examples ?
// 
// Multiple paths, for one. A router is not _guaranteed_ to see all
// fragments, in general.

Right, for general routers.  But if the machine is my firewall, I expect
ALL fragments to pass by it.  That's why a sysctl would be handy.

					Jonny

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