[c-nsp] IPv4 fragmented packets on SUP720-3BXL

sthaug at nethelp.no sthaug at nethelp.no
Tue Nov 10 16:03:57 EST 2009


> >There is nothing special about *forwarding* fragmented packets - unless
> >you have an ACL or anything else that wants to look at Layer 4 info.
> 
> That would be Netflow or some QoS policy attached to the interface, for
> instance?

Normal ACL or possible a QoS policy based on an ACL.

> I guess the router should reassembly the fragmented packets before
> applying any policing on the traffic arriving on the interface...
> Am I right? 

No. Each fragment is matched against the ACL on its own.

Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug at nethelp.no


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