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To: "Nick A. Fikouras" <nick@dcs.shef.ac.uk>
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Subject: Re: Timestamps and nonces in IP packets 
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 20 Nov 1998 11:29:33 GMT."
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From: bmah@CA.Sandia.GOV (Bruce A. Mah)
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If memory serves me right, "Nick A. Fikouras" wrote:

> I've noticed while monitoring TCP communications between FBSD machines
> that every IP packet contains timestamps and nonces that take up an
> extra 40 octets in the packets. Does anybody know how I can turn off
> this setting?

Haven't seen anyone write an answer to this yet, so:

Edit /etc/rc.conf, and set:

tcp_extensions="NO"

Bruce.



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