The TTL field for a packet can be used to prevent its looping?
Monday, 18 December 2023
by Acácio Pereira Oliveira
The Time to Live (TTL) field in a packet is an essential component of the Internet Protocol (IP) header that plays a crucial role in preventing packet looping within a computer network. The TTL field is a counter that is decremented by one each time the packet traverses a network device, such as a router.
- Published in Cybersecurity, EITC/IS/CNF Computer Networking Fundamentals, OSI Model, Introduction to the OSI Model
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Cybersecurity, Internet Protocol, IP Header, Packet Looping, TCP/IP, Time-To-Live, TTL Field