In message <199807311513.PAA16629@orchard.arlington.ma.us>,
Bill Sommerfeld writes:
>> Should these options be stripped by the kernel when the packet is queued
>> for a point-to-point interface? This way only your router needs to take 
>> care of this, now you have to disable it on all machines on your local 
>> network.
>
>Simply stripping options won't work, because (for instance) the window
>scale option *changes the meaning* of some of the other fields in the
>header..

Besides, when you're doing PPP over SONET, you might *want*
those timestamp options.  I live for the day I get my hands 
on gigabit serial port.  :-)

Kevin
kml@nas.nasa.gov