[clearview-discuss] PSARC/2007/639 IP_BROADCAST_TTL socket option

[Bill Sommerfeld]

On Mon, 2007-11-05 at 15:06 -0500, Peter Memishian wrote:
>    To address this problem, an IP_BROADCAST_TTL socket option is proposed.
>    This option will be identical to the existing stable IP_MULTICAST_TTL
>    socket option, but will apply to broadcast traffic. 

is there some reason we can't simply extend IP_MULTICAST_TTL to also
cover broadcast traffic?

                                        - Bill