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The sorry state of Android hardware fragmentation

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http://www.zdnet.com – There’s a bigger problem facing Android, and one that has an even greater negative effect on developers than operating system fragmentation: device fragmentation. (General)

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I keep hearing about Android "fragmentation". Can someone explain to me what this actually is and how it affects phones today and what the "big deal" is about this?

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I'm studying fragmentation on IPv6. I read about the fragmentation overlapping issue. Does anyone know if is possible, and if how to block this attack with ip6tables?

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