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        RFC 1953:

        Title:      Ipsilon Flow Management Protocol Specification for
                    IPv4 Version 1.0
        Author:     P. Newman, W. Edwards, R. Hinden, E. Hoffman,
                    F. Ching Liaw, T. Lyon & G. Minshall
        Date:       May 1996
        Mailbox:    pn@ipsilon.com, texas@sprintcorp.com,
                    hinden@ipsilon.com, hoffman@ipsilon.com,
                    fong@ipsilon.com, pugs@ipsilon.com &
                    minshall@ipsilon.com 
        Pages:      20
        Characters: 43,749
        Updates/Obsoletes:  none

        URL:        ftp://ds.internic.net/rfc/rfc1953.txt


The Ipsilon Flow Management Protocol (IFMP), is a protocol for
allowing a node to instruct an adjacent node to attach a layer 2 label
to a specified IP flow.  The label allows more efficient access to
cached routing information for that flow.  The label can also enable a
node to switch further packets belonging to the specified flow at
layer 2 rather than forwarding them at layer 3.

IESG Note: This memo documents a private protocol for IPv4-based
flows.  This protocol is NOT the product of an IETF working group nor
is it a standards track document.  It has not necessarily benefited
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Joyce K. Reynolds
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