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From: "Taylor, Grant" <gtaylor@riverviewtech.net>
Subject: Re: TTL Examples
Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2005 17:24:00 -0500
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To: Georgi Alexandrov <tehlists@hotpop.com>
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> This is pointless ... as the user on the other side can increase their 
> TTL value the same way you decreased it :-)

Not exactly.

If you use the "--ttl-dec" yes it would be sort of futile as the client on the other side could artificially inflate his / her TTL.  HOWEVER if you use the "--ttl-set" then you could set the TTL to be what ever you want irregardless of what it was set to when it came in to your router.



Grant. . . .