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From: lwa@mit-mrclean (Larry Allen)
Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards
Subject: Re: Time to live values for IP networks.
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Date: Fri, 1-Mar-85 10:33:57 EST
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In my opinion TTL should always be set to the maximum value.  It's only
real purpose is to prevent packets from looping when the gateways are
confused about routing (eg. when a gateway has gone down and the other
gateways are in the process of changing their routing information).
					-Larry Allen