Date: Sun, 8 Jul 2001 19:24:29 -0700 From: Dragos Ruiu <dr@kyx.net> To: Mike Silbersack <silby@silby.com>, <cjclark@alum.mit.edu> Cc: Darren Reed <avalon@coombs.anu.edu.au>, Yonatan Bokovza <Yonatan@xpert.com>, "'freebsd-security@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: FW: Small TCP packets == very large overhead == DoS? Message-ID: <0107081929561H.08020@smp.kyx.net> In-Reply-To: <0107081922111G.08020@smp.kyx.net> References: <20010708200041.A26132-100000@achilles.silby.com> <0107081922111G.08020@smp.kyx.net>
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On Sun, 08 Jul 2001, Dragos Ruiu wrote: > > > > > The absolute minimum MTU for IP is 68 (RFC791). > > > > > > > > Yeah, enough for 64bytes of header options and 8 bytes of fragmented > > > > data. Not what I'd call a "useful" minimum. In some applications like streaming, latency or retransmission efficiency is more important than data throughput efficiency. "Useful" differs in meaning depending on your application. --dr To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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