Re: [RRG] NTP and various proposals.

[Dino Farinacci <dino@cisco.com>]

> For mobile hosts (i.e., laptops), you crank the TTL down.  For fixed  
> hosts, you crank the TTL up.  Straightforward and simple.

Not when the ETR is providing the TTL. And the ETR won't know if the  
requester is asking on behalf of a static or mobile host. So all it  
can do is answer with a large TTL and the source-site might have to  
know if it should shorten it. Hmm.

Dino


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