Fragmented Packet Handling and a Suggestion

[JAMES RAZMUS II <lotsomail_(_at_)_usa_(_dot_)_net>]

Hello All,

I would like to make a suggestion regarding this and other oBSD mailing lists.
 Adding a subject prefix like "[oBSD-Misc]" to all messages sent from the
mailing list makes it simpler for subscribers to set up rules to manage their
incoming mail.  With this addition I could create rules to put incoming mail
in appropriate folders.  Other mailing lists I subscribe to do this and it's
quite nice.  Just a suggesion.

Now for the real question.  Does the oBSD kernel handle reassembling IP
packets that are fragmented before passing them on.  I recall that the Linux
kernels I compiled allowed this as an option.  It was nice because my firewall
could then protect other systems which still suffered from this vulnerability.
 If the kernel doesn't do it, do I need to setup ipf rules to handle it?

Thanks for you time,
Jim

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