the fragment keyword

From: Victor Cappuccio (cvictor@protokolgroup.com)
Date: Sat May 27 2006 - 22:50:58 ART


Hello
 
Please sorry this dummy question but I wish to know if the router, when a
initial fragment goes though, if it creates a State Table kind of the
Originator / Flag and Flag Offset of the sender?
 
Assuming this configuration
 
access-list 101 deny ip any host X.X.X.1 fragments
access-list 101 permit tcp any host X.X.X.1 eq 25
access-list 101 deny ip any any
 
Ok Suppose the Initial Fragment (containing l4 information), has passed (2nd
Access-List), but how the router how's exactly when the following pkts are
from the same flow and sent to the same port number in L4 ?
 
I understand that in this new IOS Versions the fragment keyword in the ACL
would also force the IOS to check the second access-list for noninitial and
initial fragments, but is there something stored in memory to check for
Originator / Flag and Flag Offset?
 
What if a fragment of a big chuck comes out of order?
 
Is there anyway to see this?
 
Thanks
Victor.



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