RFC Errata
RFC 791, "Internet Protocol", September 1981
Note: This RFC has been updated by RFC 1349, RFC 2474, RFC 6864
Source of RFC: LegacyArea Assignment: int
Errata ID: 5679
Status: Held for Document Update
Type: Editorial
Publication Format(s) : TEXT
Reported By: Greg Skinner
Date Reported: 2019-03-30
Held for Document Update by: Benjamin Kaduk
Date Held: 2019-04-03
Section 3.1 says:
The time is measured in units of seconds, but since every module that processes a datagram must decrease the TTL by at least one even if it process the datagram in less than a second, the TTL must be thought of only as an upper bound on the time a datagram may exist.
It should say:
The time is measured in units of seconds, but since every module that processes a datagram must decrease the TTL by at least one even if it processes the datagram in less than a second, the TTL must be thought of only as an upper bound on the time a datagram may exist.
Notes:
Grammar mistake (s/process/processes)