On Thu, 19 Jul 2018, 08:09-0400, Michael Tuexen wrote:

> > On 19. Jul 2018, at 03:12, Maxim Konovalov <maxim.konova...@gmail.com> 
> > wrote:
> >
> > Hi Randall,
> >
> > On Wed, 18 Jul 2018, 22:49-0000, Randall Stewart wrote:
> >
> >> Author: rrs
> >> Date: Wed Jul 18 22:49:53 2018
> >> New Revision: 336465
> >> URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/336465
> >>
> >> Log:
> >>  Bump the ICMP echo limits to match the RFC
> >>
> > [...]
> >
> > Just wonder, are there any practical reasons to do that?
> In case you send encapsulated packets triggering an ICMP message
> you actually need more than the 8 bytes which are currently
> reflected.

OK, let me rephrase: why do you need more than 8 bytes?  It looks like
it has been working rather well for 20+ years.

-- 
Maxim Konovalov
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