> In message <199610250158.PAA27381@haleakala.aloha.net>Tim Newsham writes
> >
> >   I noticed this in an include file and it struck me
> >as odd:
> >
> >  struct ip {
> >     ...
> >     int16_t ip_len;
> >     ...
> >   }
> >
> >why is the length field signed?
> 
> Because nobody would ever want to send an IP packet bigger than
> 32K, right?  I posted some patches for this earlier in the year,
> and I promise I'll do a send-pr on it within the next week, :-)
> as soon as I get the actual 1.2 release running.
> 
> I'll also try to spend a little time to ensure that the Win95
> ping bug (bogusly large pings crashing various systems) doesn't
> bite us...
> 
	Remember: The ping bug isn't related to ICMP per say but to
	IP, ANY IP, re/de fragmentation code... B^(. Oddly enough our
	favorite object of scorn, Slowlaris, doesn't seem to be
	effected by this particular bug even though Slowlaris is usually
	a roach motel from hell...

	-Rob