Ars Technica

ICMP Type 3, code 4: "The datagram is too big"

Hi everyone.<BR><BR>Recently, my firewall was caught with a bug that cause it to blacklist itself: when it encountered a packet with the "No not fragment" flag set too big to fit on the next hop, it ...
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TCP/IP Embedded Internet Applications – The Network Layer, Part 2: IPv6, ICMP and UDP

The current IP address scheme of 32-bit words is fast becoming inadequate. It would appear that 2 32 = 4 294 967 296 combinations of addresses should be enough for everybody, but in practice this is ...
Ars Technica

ICMP and Traceroute best practices

I know this, we agree. I am looking for some documentation other than Ars to present to my coworkers (hell, even if it disagrees with me! I want to comply with best practices, not invent them!), and ...
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An IPv6 Refresher–Part IV

Miss Parts I and II? No need to search or stress–they're right here:Part I Part II and Part III. ICMPv6 is an integral part of the IPv6 architecture and must be completely supported by all IPv6 ...