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Re: [IPV4] Always set hoplimit

from [David S. Miller] [Permanent Link][Original]
To: Herbert Xu <herbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [IPV4] Always set hoplimit
From: "David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2003 17:05:33 -0800
Cc: netdev@xxxxxxxxxxx
In-reply-to: <20031119010827.GA25593@gondor.apana.org.au>
References: <20031113110438.GA29522@gondor.apana.org.au> <20031118165909.788d5388.davem@redhat.com> <20031119010827.GA25593@gondor.apana.org.au>
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On Wed, 19 Nov 2003 12:08:27 +1100
Herbert Xu <herbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Tue, Nov 18, 2003 at 04:59:09PM -0800, David S. Miller wrote:
> >
> > Did you run into an actual problem that led you to this issue?  If
> > so, what was it?  Or was this just determined by pure code review?
> 
> Someone reported this problem to me after a picky firewall complained
> about getting broadcast packets with ttl == 0.

Ok, that doubly-justifies the fix.

Thanks again Herbert.
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