Reply to post: Re: NetBUI, is that you ?

How four rotten packets broke CenturyLink's network for 37 hours, knackering 911 calls, VoIP, broadband

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Re: NetBUI, is that you ?

Seriously, am I the only one to think *any* packet with no TTL should be promptly discarded ?

Ethernet doesn't include TTL, so although that may be wishful thinking to keep those frames safely on a LAN, implementing this would cause a.. certain amount of network disruption :)

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