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From: Dave_Katz@UM.CC.UMICH.EDU
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: Re:  Does anyone use IP options?
Message-ID: <4813476@um.cc.umich.edu>
Date: 30 Aug 89 20:21:10 GMT
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> > How often are they used?  How common is it to see IP frames
> > with options in the header?
 
> Perhaps some MERIT people can tell us if they have collected
> any data using NNSTAT.
 
Merit does indeed use NNStat to track interesting things in the NSFnet
backbone, but we do not currently gather statistics regarding the use
of IP options.