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Time to Live

nounid 4440·updated May 9, 2026
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A value in an Internet Protocol packet that tells a network router whether or not the packet has been in the network too long and should be discarded.

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Classifications

Entity Type

Network92%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Sensitivity

95%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Information Class

95%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Variants

plural
Time to Lives
possessive
Time to Live's
pluralpossessive
Time to Lives'

Framework definitions

SANS Glossary of Security Terms1 senseview framework →
§1
A value in an Internet Protocol packet that tells a network router whether or not the packet has been in the network too long and should be discarded.
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
A value in an Internet Protocol packet that tells a network router whether or not the packet has been in the network too long and should be discarded.
DR-088 backfill from the noun definition column

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Incoming relationships

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