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 -- Joao Carlos Mendes Luis jonny@gta.ufrj.br +55 21 290-4698 jonny@coppe.ufrj.br Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro UFRJ/COPPE/CISI PGP fingerprint: 29 C0 50 B9 B6 3E 58 F2 83 5F E3 26 BF 0F EA 67 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe hackers" in the body of the message
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