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Re: [IPV4] Always set hoplimit

To: "David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [IPV4] Always set hoplimit
From: Herbert Xu <herbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2003 12:08:27 +1100
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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.

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