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- From: hooper@ccs.QueensU.CA (Andy Hooper)
- Subject: Re: Fragmented IP packets: any PD implementations?
- Message-ID: <BxnpFI.zL@knot.ccs.queensu.ca>
- Keywords: IP fragments TCP/IP
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- Organization: Queen's University, Kingston
- References: <BxM5tu.Jws@watserv1.uwaterloo.ca> <1992Nov12.223215.5263@novell.com>
- Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 13:28:29 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov12.223215.5263@novell.com>, donp@novell.com (don provan) writes:
- ...
- | The reference is Almquist, P., Editor, "Requirements for IP Routers",
- | Internet Draft (draft-ietf-rreq-iprouters-03.txt), October 1, 1991.
- | As far as i can piece together, about a year ago when this draft was
- | released, it was on the verge of being published as the RFC replacing
- | RFC-1009. Suddenly, all interest in it was lost and the RFC was never
- | published. I don't know what the deal is, but i still use it as the
- | latest thinking in router requirements.
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- Probably the bright lights that would have contributed to it got caught up in
- saving the Internet from it's own success. The discussions about the successor
- to IP Version 4 have consumed much energy from a lot of talented people.
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- Andy Hooper
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