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From(H. Peter Anvin)
SubjectRe: TTL
Date7 Jul 1998 10:31:55 GMT
Followup to:  <m0ytSUm-000aOuC@the-village.bc.nu>
By author:    alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk (Alan Cox)
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
> 
> > Anyways, I notice that all the systems here, Sun, Alpha, SGI, windoze,
> > etc., use a TTL of 255 for TCP. Linux uses 64. Is there a specification?
> 
> "Assigned Numbers" gives the currently recommended TTL
> 

In Linux, of course, it is a sysctl as it should be :)

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