RFC 4963

IPv4 Reassembly Errors at High Data Rates, July 2007

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Status:
INFORMATIONAL
Authors:
J. Heffner
M. Mathis
B. Chandler
Stream:
IETF
Source:
NON WORKING GROUP

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DOI:  https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC4963

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Abstract

IPv4 fragmentation is not sufficiently robust for use under some conditions in today's Internet. At high data rates, the 16-bit IP identification field is not large enough to prevent frequent incorrectly assembled IP fragments, and the TCP and UDP checksums are insufficient to prevent the resulting corrupted datagrams from being delivered to higher protocol layers. This note describes some easily reproduced experiments demonstrating the problem, and discusses some of the operational implications of these observations. This memo provides information for the Internet community.


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