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Clarify the documentation about DF-flag

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Remove the reference to setting the DF-flag as we don't do that right
now.  Rephrase the paragraph that the default value should not be
causing fragmentation.

(cherry picked from commit 61f276d5a4)
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Ondřej Surý
2023-04-03 11:40:34 +02:00
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@@ -3566,9 +3566,8 @@ Tuning
to be sent without fragmentation at the minimum MTU sizes for
Ethernet and IPv6 networks.)
The ``named`` now sets the DON'T FRAGMENT flag on outgoing UDP packets.
According to the measurements done by multiple parties this should not be
causing any operational problems as most of the Internet "core" is able to
According to the measurements done by multiple parties the default value
should not be causing the fragmentation as most of the Internet "core" is able to
cope with IP message sizes between 1400-1500 bytes, the 1232 size was picked
as a conservative minimal number that could be changed by the DNS operator to
a estimated path MTU minus the estimated header space. In practice, the