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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical RE: Types of packet modifications allowed for networks
I'm not aware of any hard rules regarding this. I'll include yours below: --packet fragmentation due to inconsistent MTUs and/or bandwidth (e.g. moving from ATM at 150Mbps to a fractional DS3 at 3.088Mbps) --ttl changes from hop to hop --dest ip changes from hop to hop --PAT/NAT changes in last network borders (e.g. routing traffic to appropriate endpoints (servers) or starting points (workstations)) --PAT/NAT changes in "last" host (e.g. it hits ext ip port 4443, gets changed to newip:443 and forwarded on) --firewall changes in buffer/mother network (e.g. protective network or DMZ)--these could be almost anything, most frequent would be morons who completely block ICMP--you should probably count anti-spam and anti-virus (layer 4 but affects layer 3 dramatically) but these are usually advertised features subscribed to by the customers (as opposed to secret "features" that only come out due to customer outrage) --header checksum changes after contents changes (e.g. dip at a router) Meh, not sure I was helpful. --p
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