target = "https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8899#section-6.2" # 6.2. DPLPMTUD for SCTP # # Section 10.2 of [RFC4821] specifies a recommended PLPMTUD probing # method for SCTP, and Section 7.3 of [RFC4960] recommends an endpoint # apply the techniques in RFC 4821 on a per-destination-address basis. # The specification for DPLPMTUD continues the practice of using the PL # to discover the PMTU but updates RFC4960 with a recommendation to use # the method specified in this document: The RECOMMENDED method for # generating probes is to add a chunk consisting only of padding to an # SCTP message. The PAD chunk defined in [RFC4820] SHOULD be attached # to a minimum-length HEARTBEAT (HB) chunk to build a probe packet. # This enables probing without affecting the transfer of user messages # and without being limited by congestion control or flow control. # This is preferred to using DATA chunks (with padding as required) as # path probes. # # Section 6.9 of [RFC4960] describes dividing the user messages into # DATA chunks sent by the PL when using SCTP. This notes that once an # SCTP message has been sent, it cannot be resegmented. [RFC4960] # describes the method for retransmitting DATA chunks when the MPS has # been reduced, and Section 6.9 of [RFC4960] describes use of IP # fragmentation for this case. This is unchanged by this document. [[spec]] level = "SHOULD" quote = ''' The specification for DPLPMTUD continues the practice of using the PL to discover the PMTU but updates RFC4960 with a recommendation to use the method specified in this document: The RECOMMENDED method for generating probes is to add a chunk consisting only of padding to an SCTP message. ''' [[spec]] level = "SHOULD" quote = ''' The PAD chunk defined in [RFC4820] SHOULD be attached to a minimum-length HEARTBEAT (HB) chunk to build a probe packet. '''