In article <200111011947.fA1JlMd01537@night-porter.duskware.de>,
	Martin Husemann <martin@duskware.de> writes:
> I have some (more philosophical) problems with MSS clamping per se,

MSS clamping is not necessary in an ideal network. But the Internet isn't
an ideal networking. Their broken TCP/IP stacks and incorrectly configured
routers out there.

> ... but since it seems to be usefull for some people ...

The MSS clamping support "rp-pppoe" makes even Cisco VPN software work
flawlessly on a machine behind a NetBSD router. Many hardware router
fail to do so.

	Kind regards

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Matthias Scheler                                  http://scheler.de/~matthias/