comp.os.linux.networking

karthikbalaguru wrote:
> I find that the minimum size specified in the IP standard, 576 bytes
> But, How and why did they decide to fix the mininum size to be 576
> bytes. I am interested in understanding the reason behind this
> decision of 576 bytes . Any links / ideas ?

That is the minimum maximum IP reassembly size - that is, all
conforming implementations of IPv4 must be able to reassemble IP
datagrams at least 576 bytes in size.

As suggested by others, that differs from a minimum IP datagram size.

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