From c243877a3d2211d91f44947113f3cfc54aa0902a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: ru Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2003 13:02:18 +0000 Subject: The current recommended default time to live (TTL) for the Internet Protocol (IP) is 64 [RFC791, RFC1122]. Prodded by: Igor Kucherenko Obtained from: http://www.iana.org/assignments/ip-parameters --- sbin/ping/ping.8 | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'sbin/ping/ping.8') diff --git a/sbin/ping/ping.8 b/sbin/ping/ping.8 index 71fa31a..41c72ce 100644 --- a/sbin/ping/ping.8 +++ b/sbin/ping/ping.8 @@ -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 -- cgit v1.1