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Re: packet loss question
From: cpolish () surewest net
Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2016 13:37:22 -0700
On 2016-07-12 03:25, Sean Donelan wrote:
RFC791 was written during the internet's anti-standard era. We reject: kings, presidents and voting. We believe in: rough consensus and running code
Hi Sean, Lovely quote and all, but... do you mean that when RFC791 was drafted the IETF didn't issue 'standards'? RFC791 was written by Jon Postel for DARPA and AFAIKT is foundational. It's referenced by more than 420 RFCs. It begins, "This document specifies the DoD Standard Internet Protocol." Seems about as official as times permitted. Point was, 576 bytes is the minimum MTU for transporting IP datagrams. Also see RFC1122/3.3.2, which references RFC791 of course. Best regards, -- Charles Polisher "Pedentic, I?"
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