[dns-operations] PMTUD of .org servers

Paul Vixie vixie at isc.org
Sat Jun 20 14:21:53 UTC 2009


> From: Florian Weimer <fw at deneb.enyo.de>
> Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2009 16:00:01 +0200
> 
> I know it's very difficult to build static packet filter rules which
> handle fragmented traffic properly.  (Stateful packet filters which are
> part of proprietary network devices are usually not fast enough to cope
> with heavy DNS or HTTP traffic.)  I can't really fault anyone who tries
> to make shortcuts.

then they ought to pass all udp fragments to/from their dns servers,
statelessly.



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