Return-Path: william@bourbon.usc.edu Delivery-Date: Mon Oct 27 10:46:05 2008 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.3 (2007-08-08) on merlot.usc.edu X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.3 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.2.3 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (bourbon.usc.edu [128.125.9.75]) by merlot.usc.edu (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id m9RHk5CK022708 for ; Mon, 27 Oct 2008 10:46:05 -0700 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by bourbon.usc.edu (8.14.2/8.14.1) with ESMTP id m9RHux1P011332 for ; Mon, 27 Oct 2008 10:56:59 -0700 Message-Id: <200810271756.m9RHux1P011332@bourbon.usc.edu> To: cs551@merlot.usc.edu Subject: Re: CS551 final1 - TTL Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2008 10:56:59 -0700 From: Bill Cheng Someone wrote: > When forwarding any msg such as a hello msg we would just > decrement the ttl and send it along we would not change the > sender hostname and port in the data field correct? Correct! Just like IP! > HLLO is > slighlty different than JOIN in that it would make no sense to > change it for JOIN...I dont think. TTL for HELLO is 1, so there is no forwarding. Forwarding for JOIN messages is the same as forwarding for other types of messages. I'm not sure why you said that you don't need to change the message for JOIN. You should decrement TTL. -- Bill Cheng // bill.cheng@usc.edu