On Mon, 23 Nov 1998 12:50:06 -0500 (EST) 
 woods@most.weird.com (Greg A. Woods) wrote:

 > So far as I can tell "DF" can't be set directly by an application.

It certainly can.  traceroute does this to implement PMTU in userspace :-)

(raw socket + HDRINCL)

 > If you've got a valid argument then state it -- don't just lean back on
 > a dusty old pile of RFCs and say "Because they say so".

Uh... I'm sorry, but that's a crock!  That "dusty old pile of RFCs" forms
the foundation of the Internet, and if people start ignoring them with
reckless abandon, then the Internet falls apart.

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