[e2e] random early time-to-die

[Jon Crowcroft]

In message <v04220801b74f0e6e102b@[171.70.84.51]>, Steve Deering typed:

 >>At 9:39 AM -0700 6/14/01, Ted Faber wrote:
 >>> >TTLs are already used for loop prevention and scoping.
 >>>
 >>>Oh, yeah, I forgot that TTL was used for network probing/monitoring,
 >>>too.
 >>
 >>You forgot yet another purpose, the one it's named for, i.e., bounding
 >>maximum packet lifetime (in seconds).
 
right - so all i was doing was making the resource definition more
flexible - the seconds and hop values are very arbitrary...i dont
think i "overloaded" anyhing more than it was already:-)

 cheers

   jon