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From: Pascal Hambourg <pascal.mail@plouf.fr.eu.org>
Subject: Re: Playing nice with incoming traceroutes
Date: Mon, 17 May 2010 00:22:56 +0200
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To: Pieter Smit <mlist2010@vigor.co.za>
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Hello,

Pieter Smit a =E9crit :
> You would send an ICMP time exceeded (type 11) packet if you receive =
a
> packet with a ttl=3D1 you will decrement it one realize it is 0 and s=
end
> the ICMP time exceeded.

Only an intermediate router would do that, not the final destination.