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Date:      Sun, 06 Jul 1997 19:04:18 -0700
From:      David Greenman <dg@root.com>
To:        Archie Cobbs <archie@whistle.com>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: VJ compression and MAX_HDR 
Message-ID:  <199707070204.TAA19627@implode.root.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 06 Jul 1997 18:36:30 PDT." <199707070136.SAA08578@bubba.whistle.com> 

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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.
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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).

-DG

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



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