> - setting ip/tcp/udp/icmp TTL through ndd: > Do we really want to change the default ttl for all > ip/tcp/udp/icmp packets? Esp when there are socket options > like IP_TTL, IPV6_UNICAST_HOPS, IP_MULTICAST_TTL for this? > (See also 5046705) > > We have ip_def_ttl, ip6_def_hops, tcp_ipv4_ttl, > tcp_ipv6_hoplimit, icmp_ipv4_ttl, icmp_ipv6_hoplimit, > udp_ipv4_ttl, udp_ipv6_hoplimit, ip_broadcast_ttl. > Aren't IP_TTL, IPV6_UNICAST_HOPS, IP_MULTICAST_TTL > sufficient?
There are a number of times I can recall where the field has used the TTL ndd parameters to workaround broken applications. -- meem
