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Changes for version 2.71 - 2018-10-16

  • Features
  • Allow data_size > 1024, up to 65535, i.e. fragmented packets. It is recommended to stay below 1472 though for the typical 1500 MTU. Many simple devices do not allow fragmented ICMP packets (> 1472). RT #17409 Bugfixes
  • Fix the max_datasize documentation Test fixes
  • The 2 sudo tests on PERL_CORE with a shared perl lib

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