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To: Archie Cobbs <archie@whistle.com>
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Subject: Re: VJ compression and MAX_HDR 
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From: David Greenman <dg@root.com>
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Date: Mon, 07 Jul 1997 19:06:04 -0700
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>
>> >(Max IP header = 64 bytes) + (max TCP header = 64 bytes) = 128 bytes > MLEN,
>> >no?
>> 
>>    Perhaps, but I don't think any of the current TCP options are large enough
>> for this to be a problem (I think the largest is still under 40 bytes).
>
>This makes it no less of a bug, just a bug that's not likely to hurt you :-)

   Certainly...I was only trying to put this into perspective - if we have a
serious bug that needs to be acted on immediately, or if we have a "someday
maybe" bug that doesn't affect anyone right now and can be fixed at some point
in the future (measured in months or years :-)). I actually intended to
acknowledge that it was a bug and should be fixed in the above, but I got
interrupted and sent the reply prematurely.

>Should I file a PR, so that it will be explicitly documented?

   Yes, that would be a good idea. It will be forgotten otherwise.

-DG

David Greenman
Core-team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project