From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Feb 9 09:04:17 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA06100 for hackers-outgoing; Mon, 9 Feb 1998 09:04:17 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gaia.coppe.ufrj.br (cisigw.coppe.ufrj.br [146.164.5.200]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA06034 for ; Mon, 9 Feb 1998 09:03:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jonny@coppe.ufrj.br) Received: (from jonny@localhost) by gaia.coppe.ufrj.br (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA23513; Mon, 9 Feb 1998 15:03:09 -0200 (EDT) (envelope-from jonny) From: Joao Carlos Mendes Luis Message-Id: <199802091703.PAA23513@gaia.coppe.ufrj.br> Subject: Re: ipfw logs ports for fragments In-Reply-To: <19980209172948.VX49057@mars.hsc.fr> from Pierre Beyssac at "Feb 9, 98 05:29:48 pm" To: Pierre.Beyssac@hsc.fr (Pierre Beyssac) Date: Mon, 9 Feb 1998 15:03:09 -0200 (EDT) Cc: jonny@coppe.ufrj.br, avalon@coombs.anu.edu.au, marcs@znep.com, archie@whistle.com, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL32 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG #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