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authorru <ru@FreeBSD.org>2003-06-25 13:02:18 +0000
committerru <ru@FreeBSD.org>2003-06-25 13:02:18 +0000
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The current recommended default time to live (TTL) for the Internet
Protocol (IP) is 64 [RFC791, RFC1122]. Prodded by: Igor Kucherenko <kivvy@sunbay.com> Obtained from: http://www.iana.org/assignments/ip-parameters
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@@ -411,11 +411,11 @@ field by exactly one.
.Pp
The
.Tn TCP/IP
-specification states that the
+specification recommends setting the
.Tn TTL
field for
-.Tn TCP
-packets should be set to 60, but many systems use smaller values
+.Tn IP
+packets to 64, but many systems use smaller values
.No ( Bx 4.3
uses 30,
.Bx 4.2
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