Worst TCP/IP Problem Ever!

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So our remotely managed machines send their logs over TCP. The application it seems sends variable sized packets for some reason (I don't have the source). I think it makes some kind of stream from the socket

One of our customers filters all TCP fragments.

So basically it nukes any TCP session with a single packet with a payload greater than 1460 bytes. Which happens occasionally. Plus this is a satellite uplink. Ping times are ~1400ms.

Does this sound like a plausible reason for dropped connections?

― Jonathan Williams (ex machina), Friday, 22 November 2002 20:43 (twenty-three years ago)

It sounds like your customer that filters out TCP fragments is a fucking idiot. Why the hell are they intentionally crippling their connectivity?!

― Andrew (enneff), Saturday, 23 November 2002 01:09 (twenty-three years ago)

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