Subject: Re: [RFC/PATCH] "strict" ipv4 reassembly

From: John Heffner <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 17 May 2005 16:05:20 -0400

On Tuesday 17 May 2005 03:52 pm, Nivedita Singhvi wrote:
> John Heffner wrote:
> > On Tuesday 17 May 2005 03:25 pm, Nivedita Singhvi wrote:
> >>Yes, a different manifestation of the problem ;). I was talking
> >>in the context of current Linux code and the common ethernet drivers
> >>and typical current Internet/Intranet latencies.
> >
> > The problem is latency independent.
>
> Not entirely - because our reassembly timeout expires, typically.
> (If I understand you right).

Timer expiration is not dependent on latency, nor is IP ID wrap time.

  -John