Decrement TTL of incoming packets.

[tinc] / doc / tinc.conf.5.in

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@@ -168,6 +168,14 @@ If you don't specify a host with
 won't try to connect to other daemons at all,
 and will instead just listen for incoming connections.
 
 won't try to connect to other daemons at all,
 and will instead just listen for incoming connections.
 

+.It Va DecrementTTL Li = yes | no Po yes Pc
+When enabled,
+.Nm tinc
+will decrement the Time To Live field in IPv4 packets, or the Hop Limit field in IPv6 packets,
+before forwarding a received packet to the virtual network device or to another node,
+and will drop packets that have a TTL value of zero,
+in which case it will send an ICMP Time Exceeded packet back.
+

 .It Va Device Li = Ar device Po Pa /dev/tap0 , Pa /dev/net/tun No or other depending on platform Pc
 The virtual network device to use.
 .Nm tinc
 .It Va Device Li = Ar device Po Pa /dev/tap0 , Pa /dev/net/tun No or other depending on platform Pc
 The virtual network device to use.
 .Nm tinc