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   Message 13,989 of 14,669   
   Martijn Lievaart to Mark   
   Re: question on RFC791   
   01 May 13 11:59:11   
   
   From: m@rtij.nl.invlalid   
      
   On Tue, 30 Apr 2013 11:25:51 -0400, Mark wrote:   
      
   > Hi All,   
   >   
   > Reading RFC791:   
   > "Every internet module must be able to forward a datagram of 68 octets   
   > without further fragmentation. This is because an internet header may be   
   > up to 60 octets, and the minimum fragment is 8 octets."   
   >   
   > Does it mean that it's possible to have IP packet carrying UDP payload   
   > of size 0 ?   
      
   Yes.   
      
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