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Date:      Wed, 25 Jul 2007 09:19:02 +0545
From:      Samit <janasamit@wlink.com.np>
To:        Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com>
Cc:        freebsd-isp@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: changing ttl size of forwarding packet
Message-ID:  <46A6C4AA.1010301@wlink.com.np>
In-Reply-To: <B3283DBE-EB4C-4281-8658-8F81E5C94775@mac.com>
References:  <46A63AF2.40405@wlink.com.np> <B3283DBE-EB4C-4281-8658-8F81E5C94775@mac.com>

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Chuck Swiger wrote:
> 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...?
> 
The other way round,want to lower the TTL as much as I want, as soon as
it passes my firewall.

Samit



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