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IP Fragmentation Considered Fragile
draft-bonica-intarea-frag-fragile-03

Document Type Replaced Internet-Draft (individual)
Expired & archived
Authors Ron Bonica , Fred Baker , Geoff Huston , Bob Hinden , Ole Trøan , Fernando Gont
Last updated 2018-07-23
Replaced by draft-ietf-intarea-frag-fragile
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This Internet-Draft is no longer active. A copy of the expired Internet-Draft is available in these formats:

Abstract

This document provides an overview of IP fragmentation. It also explains how IP fragmentation reduces the reliability of Internet communication. Finally, this document proposes alternatives to IP fragmentation and provides recommendations for application developers and network operators.

Authors

Ron Bonica
Fred Baker
Geoff Huston
Bob Hinden
Ole Trøan
Fernando Gont

(Note: The e-mail addresses provided for the authors of this Internet-Draft may no longer be valid.)