Test your connectivity for World IPv6 Day

[Rémi Després]

Le 6 juin 2011 à 18:44, <Guillaume.Leclanche at swisscom.com> a écrit :

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>> ops-bounces+guillaume.leclanche=swisscom.com at lists.cluenet.de] On
>> Behalf Of Rémi Després
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>> 
>> Unless there are good reasons to know that a longer PMTU applies to all
>> their connections, all servers SHOULD send IPv6 packets to off-link
>> destinations with 1280 octets as default PMTU.
>> Servers that don't do that are open for PMTU problems.
> 
> We could imagine a reverse pmtud. A bit like TCP slow-start. Send small packets first, and grow until you get dropped, then reduce the PMTU to the last successful value :)
> 
> Of course, again, doesn't work for UDP unless implemented in the application layer.

Right.
Then the safe approach for the short term is clear (IMHO).

Regards,
RD


> 
> Guillaume