Re: Minimum Internet MTU

[Scott McGrath <mcgrath () fas harvard edu>]

Or the X.25/IP gateways beloved of Airlines who are also good at 
complaining when traffic is dropped on the floor

                            Scott C. McGrath

On 22 Dec 2003, Robert E. Seastrom wrote:

> Chris Brenton <cbrenton () chrisbrenton org> writes:
>
> > I agree, this is a bit of a loaded question. I guess by safe I mean "Is
> > anyone aware of a specific link or set of conditions that could cause
> > _legitimate_ non-last fragmented packets on the wire that have a size of
> > less than 1200 bytes". I agree there are bound to be inexperienced users
> > who have shot themselves in the foot and tweaked their personal system
> > lower than this threshold, thus my 99.9% requirement.
>
> You mean like everyone who's still running TCP/IP over AX.25 in the
> ham radio community?  They're generally technically adept and good at
> complaining...  I'm sure rbush would encourage his competitors to do this.
>
> What are you trying to accomplish by killing off the fragments?
>
>                                         ---Rob