[Bloat] Random idea in reaction to all the discussion of TCP flavours - timestamps?

[BeckW at telekom.de]

> [RfC 791 vs RfC 1812 notion of TTL]
I'm aware that it is impossible to implement without complex hardware support but didn't know that the simpler interpretation got the IETF's blessing. So the question how a TCP implementations could profit from observing RfC 791-style TTLs remains hypothetical.

Wolfgang