From: gah@ugcs.caltech.edu   
      
   Robert Wessel  wrote:   
   > On Wed, 20 Mar 2013 12:25:49 -0400, "Mark"   
      
   (snip)   
   >>I've encountered the following statement somewhere in the net: "Although   
   >>theoretically only 8 bytes of L4 info may be guaranteed in a fragment,   
   >>assume complete L4 info is available...". I don't understand how possible   
   >>that only 8 bytes of a transport are guaranteed in a fragment, as the IP   
   >>fragment can't be less than 46 bytes (minimum payload size for Ethernet   
   >>frame), and this includes 20 bytes of IP header and 20bytes of TCP header   
   >>(not considering variable-lngth options), UDP will be less.   
      
   (snip)   
      
   > Why do you think the minimum Ethernet payload is relevant?   
      
   More specifically, IP can have other transport layers, and   
   even when it is ethernet, it is up to ethernet to pad the   
   frame before sending it, and for IP to remove the padding   
   on receiving.   
      
   -- glen   
      
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