At 06:37 PM 4/5/2002, Lloyd Wood wrote: >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, RFC 1812 status is Proposed Standard. > and is updated by 2644, which >isn't a standards document either. RFC 2644 is a BCP. It updated one item in RFC 1812 (Router Requirements) which was later deemed an exceedingly bad idea. >as for 1122, it's requirements for internet hosts, not requirements >for internet gateways... but matt points out, RFC 1812, Router Requirements, references 1122. Routers generally have to be valid hosts, too. >$ 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/> ----------------------------------------------------------------- Daniel Senie dts@senie.com Amaranth Networks Inc. http://www.amaranth.com