Mike Glover wrote:
>    What would happen if we allowed non-integral HTL's?  We could
> define a "standard" connection to have HTL 1.  Connections faster
> than the standard would have HTL < 1, slower would have HTL > 1.  The
> 1.3 hops that our college network is alotted might actually
> represent 1.5 or 2.0 physical hops.
> 
>    Completely leaving aside implementation issues for the moment, and
> assuming that we can actually define a "standard" connection, does
> anybody see problems with this?

This is pretty similar to my earlier brainstorm that HTL be replaced
with TTL (time to live).  So if you want an answer within 5 seconds,
that's your TTL.  Faster hops take less time, so you get to search more
of them.

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