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From: Archie Cobbs <archie@whistle.com>
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Subject: Re: VJ compression and MAX_HDR
In-Reply-To: <199707070053.RAA18621@implode.root.com> from David Greenman at "Jul 6, 97 05:53:37 pm"
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>    I think the case of IP+TCP header > MLEN is more than rare...I think it 
> never happens. Even with all options, the IP header doesn't exceed 64 bytes.

(Max IP header = 64 bytes) + (max TCP header = 64 bytes) = 128 bytes > MLEN,
no?

-Archie

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