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No. If a fragment of a fragmented UDP packet is dropped, the packet is dropped. It is simple. If you understand why UDP exists you will get it.
by jblow 11y ago
No. If a fragment of a fragmented UDP packet is dropped, the packet is dropped. It is simple. If you understand why UDP exists you will get it.
- jacquesm 11y agoAfter a suitable time-out. Hm. That makes me wonder if you couldn't use a scheme such as fragment-fragment-dropped-fragment repeatedly to eat up router or IP stack resources.
- cbsmith 11y agoLet's just say it wouldn't chew up nearly the kind of resources as is achievable by selectively dropping IP packets for a TCP connection.