James Carlson wrote: >Darren Reed writes: > > > ... > >>Or in other words, why shouldn't we just fix IP_TTL to apply >>to both unicast and broadcast packets (but not multicast) >>like everyone else? >> >> > >That'd alter existing applications. They don't expect IP_TTL to >change the way broadcast works, and it'd be a "surprise" (read: "bug") >if it suddenly started doing so. There's no way to guarantee that >applications _won't_ trip on this except to keep it out of the way. > >
It has been mentioned that IP_TTL is a private interface so we're under no obligation to preserve its behaviour for anything outside of ON, correct? For those within ON that do use IP_TTL (all 3 of them), fixing them (if it is indeed required) shouldn't be that hard. Darren
