On Fri, 5 Apr 2002, Rob Austein wrote: > At Fri, 5 Apr 2002 23:13:47 +0100 (BST), Lloyd Wood <l.wood@eim.surrey.ac.uk> wrote: > > > > and RFC791 claims ttl is in seconds, ergo I don't have to decrement > > ttl because I know my traffic is on paths less than a second > > long. > > Covered by RFCs 1122 and 1812. gee, 1812 isn't a standards document, and is updated by 2644, which isn't a standards document either. as for 1122, it's requirements for internet hosts, not requirements for internet gateways... but matt points out, $ You lose -- 791 says you have to subtract at least 1 from TTL even if. damn. should have picked an option case instead. L. <L.Wood@surrey.ac.uk>PGP<http://www.ee.surrey.ac.uk/Personal/L.Wood/>