Re: ICMP Query!!!

which is in reality a 4-way hand-shake that tries to save some
"overhead". But we don't wanna start that one, do we? :-)

A.

On 11/15/2010 9:23 PM, Carlos G Mendioroz wrote:
> Here's another point of view:
>
> The network is (should be ?) there to bring a service (L3) to connect
> apps (L7) that want to communicate. Every packet that is there to
> make the service possible but that is not carrying app data could
> be consider control plane (overhead).
>
> That would put ICMP in thr control bag. It would also put the 3 way
> handshake of TCP there... I can live with that :)
>
> -Carlos
>
> Paul Negron @ 14/11/2010 22:36 -0300 dixit:
>> As I said before,
>>
>> What would you call Process Switching? Or the Internal forwarding that takes
>> place within the CRS-1. There can be a software architecture that forwards
>> packets. It is handled by several CPU's but is STILL not considered Control
>> Plane traffic at All. In that case it is Data packets being punted. One of
>> which can be ICMP packets.
>>
>> The answer is not as simple as you think.

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