When I look at a time-to-live exceeded ICMP message (type 11), it contains extra data. what is that data and why does it contain it?

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The ICMP (type 11) contains additional data like IP and ICMP inside it. Why?

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Guy Harris
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Because an ICMP Time Exceeded message contains "The internet header plus the first 64 bits of the original datagram's data.", as per RFC 792.

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