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Re: networking and fragments

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Popping mad a écrit :
> 
> "Fragments need to be reassembled before they reach the transport layer at 
> the destination. Indeed, both TCP and UDP are expecting to receive 
> complete, unfragmented segments from the network layer."
> 
> I thought that was wrong.

You are right : UDP uses datagrams, not segments.

> They have to be reassembled AT the destination, not before that.
> 
> Where am I confused, or is this in fact incorrect?

IPv4 does not preclude reassembly before the destination. IPv6 does (as
it precludes fragmentation after the sender).

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