On 26/02/09 02:09 PM, Sowmini.Varadhan at Sun.COM wrote:
> On (02/26/09 13:49), Peter Memishian wrote:
>   
>>  > - 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.
>>     
>
> But setting it via ndd because of 1 broken app clobbers it
> for *all* apps! Isn't it possible (and better) to set up ipfilter
> for these broken apps to curb their ttl, instead of
> using the ndd sledge-hammer?
>   

ipfilter doesn't allow you to modify the ttl.

Darren

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