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From: jpeck@hpspdra.HP.COM (Joe Peck)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: Re: Does anyone use IP options?
Message-ID: <11990002@hpspdra.HP.COM>
Date: 6 Sep 89 16:32:06 GMT
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Organization: HP Intelligent Networks Operation
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Thanks for all your responses.  They confirmed my suspicions about
how well options are handled by devices out there:  some work, some
don't, eventually the situation might improve.  I'm just interested
in traffic analysis, so you don't need to worry about me creating 
another IP implementation that doesn't handle options.

I have the impression that the most commonly used IP options are 
the routing ones, Record Route, Loose Source Routing, and Strict
Source Routing.  Would anyone like to comment on this?


Thanks again,

Joe Peck