[e2e] ICMP & TCP segments with IP ID = 0?
Alex Cannara
cannara at attglobal.net
Wed May 16 17:12:38 PDT 2001
TTL is only decremented by routers, not hubs/switches/bridges. This
succinct but ineffective comment illustrates the narrow view.
Alex
Ted Faber wrote:
>
> On Wed, May 16, 2001 at 04:38:16PM -0700, Alex Cannara wrote:
> > This is a narrow view. Since IP is not LAN aware, it's a good feature
> > to have a unique identifier in any network-layer stream to allow loop
> > resolution, which is otherwise difficult.
>
> TTL.
>
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