title: Why is there a padding in IP packet?
body: <p>I make some recap but I can't figure out what the padding is for in the IP packet?</p>
  
  <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/kkQze.gif" alt="enter image description here"></p>
  
  <p>figure taken from <a href="http://www.freesoft.org/CIE/Course/Section3/7.htm" rel="nofollow noreferrer">here</a></p>