Re: changing ttl size of forwarding packet



On Jul 24, 2007, at 10:46 AM, Samit wrote:
iptables can easily do it via mangle table. Is there any way using ipfw2
to change the ttl size of the forwarding packets?

The size of the TTL field is fixed by the IP protocol to 1 byte; perhaps you are looking for the IPFW transparent firewall option, which prevents it from decrementing the TTL in order to make a "hidden" firewall...?

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-Chuck

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