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RFC 1707
Network Working Group: M. McGovern
Request for Comments: 1707 Sunspot Graphics
Category: Informational R. Ullmann
Lotus Development Corporation
October 1994
CATNIP: Common Architecture for the Internet
Status of this Memo
This memo provides information for the Internet community. This memo
does not specify an Internet standard of any kind. Distribution of
this memo is unlimited.
Abstract
This document was submitted to the IETF IPng area in response to RFC
1550 Publication of this document does not imply acceptance by the
IPng area of any ideas expressed within. Comments should be
submitted to the big-internet@munnari.oz.au mailing list.
Executive Summary
This paper describes a common architecture for the network layer
protocol. The Common Architecture for Next Generation Internet
Protocol (CATNIP) provides a compressed form of the existing network
layer protocols. Each compression is defined so that the resulting
network protocol data units are identical in format. The fixed part
of the compressed format is 16 bytes in length, and may often be the
only part transmitted on the subnetwork.
With some attention paid to details, it is possible for a transport
layer protocol (such as TCP) to operate properly with one end system
using one network layer (e.g. IP version 4) and the other using some
other network protocol, such as CLNP. Using the CATNIP definitions,
all the existing transport layer protocols used on connectionless
network services will operate over any existing network layer
protocol.
The CATNIP uses cache handles to provide both rapid identification of
the next hop in high performance routing as well as abbreviation of
the network header by permitting the addresses to be omitted when a
valid cache handle is available. The fixed part of the network layer
header carries the cache handles.
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The cache handles are either provided by feedback from the downstream
router in response to offered traffic, or explicitly provided as part
of the establishment of a circuit or flow through the network. When
used for flows, the handle is the locally significant flow
identifier.
When used for circuits, the handle is the layer 3 peer-to-peer
logical channel identifier, and permits a full implementation of
network-layer connection-oriented service if the routers along the
path provide sufficient features. At the same time, the packet format
of the connectionless service is retained, and hop by hop fully
addressed datagrams can be used at the same time. Any intermediate
model between the connection oriented and the connectionless service
can thus be provided over cooperating routers.
CATNIP Objectives
The first objective of the CATNIP is a practical recognition of the
existing state of internetworking, and an understanding that any
approach must encompass the entire problem. While it is common in the
IP Internet to dismiss the ISO with various amusing phrases, it is
hardly realistic. As the Internet moves into the realm of providing
real commercial infrastructure, for telephone, cable television, and
the myriad other mundane uses, compliance with international
standards is an imperative.
The argument that the IETF need not (or should not) follow existing
ISO standards will not hold. The ISO is the legal standards
organization for the planet. Every other industry develops and
follows ISO standards. There is (no longer) anything special about
computer software or data networking.
ISO convergence is both necessary and sufficient to gain
international acceptance and deployment of IPng. Non-convergence will
effectively preclude deployment.
The CATNIP integrates CLNP, IP, and IPX. The CATNIP design provides
for any of the transport layer protocols in use, for example TP4,
CLTP, TCP, UDP, IPX and SPX to run over any of the network layer
protocol formats: CLNP, IP (version 4), IPX, and the CATNIP.
Incremental Infrastructure Deployment
The best use of the CATNIP is to begin to build a common Internet
infrastructure. The routers and other components of the common system
are able to use a single consistent addressing method, and common
terms of reference for other aspects of the system.
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The CATNIP is designed to be incrementally deployable in the strong
sense: you can plop a CATNIP system down in place of any existing
network component and continue to operate normally with no
reconfiguration. (Note: not "just a little". None at all. The number
of "little changes" suggested by some proposals, and the utterly
enormous amount of documentation, training, and administrative effort
then required, astounds the present authors.) The vendors do all of
the work.
There are also no external requirements; no "border routers", no
requirement that administrators apply specific restrictions to their
network designs, define special tables, or add things to the DNS.
When the end users and administrators fully understand the combined
system, they will want to operate differently, but in no case will
they be forced. Not even in small ways. Networks and end user
organizations operate under sufficient constraints on deployment of
systems anyway; they do not need a new network architecture adding to
the difficulty.
Typically deployment will occur as part of normal upgrade revisions
of software, and due to the "swamping" of the existing base as the
network grows. (When the Internet grows by a factor of 5, at least
80% will then be "new" systems.) The users of the network may then
take advantage of the new capabilities. Some of the performance
improvements will be automatic, others may require some
administrative understanding to get to the best performance level.
The CATNIP definitions provide stateless translation of network
datagrams to and from CATNIP and, by implication, directly between
the other network layer protocols. A CATNIP-capable system
implementing the full set of definitions can interoperate with any
existing protocol. Various subsets of the full capability may be
provided by some vendors.
No Address Translation
Note that there is no "address translation" in the CATNIP
specification. (While it may seem odd to state a negative objective,
this is worth saying as people seem to assume the opposite.) There
are no "mapping tables", no magic ways of digging translations out of
the DNS or X.500, no routers looking up translations or asking other
systems for them.
Addresses are modified with a simple algorithmic mapping, a mapping
that is no more than using specific prefixes for IP and IPX
addresses. Not a large set of prefixes; one prefix. The entire
existing IP version 4 network is mapped with one prefix and the IPX
global network with one other prefix. (The IP mapping does provide
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for future assignment of other IANA/IPv4 domains that are disjoint
from the existing one.)
This means that there is no immediate effect on addresses embedded in
higher level protocols.
Higher level protocols not using the full form (those native to IP
and IPX) will eventually be extended to use the full addressing to
extend their usability over all of the network layers.
No Legacy Systems
The CATNIP leaves no systems behind: with no reconfiguration, any
system presently capable of IP, CLNP, or IPX retains at least the
connectivity it has now. With some administrative changes (such as
assigning IPX domain addresses to some CLNP hosts for example) on
other systems, unmodified systems may gain significant connectivity.
IPX systems with registered network numbers may gain the most.
Limited Scope
The CATNIP defines a common network layer packet format and basic
architecture. It intentionally does not specify ES-IS methods,
routing, naming systems, autoconfiguration and other subjects not
part of the core Internet wide architecture. The related problems and
their (many) solutions are not within the scope of the specification
of the basic common network layer.
Existing Addresses and Network Numbers
The Internet's version 4 numbering system has proven to be very
flexible, (mostly) expandable, and simple. In short: it works.
However, there are two problems. Neither was considered serious when
the CATNIP was first developed in 1988 and 1989, but both are now of
major concern:
o The division into network, and then subnet, is insufficient.
Almost all sites need a network assignment large enough to
subnet. At the top of the hierarchy, there is a need to assign
administrative domains.
o As bit-packing is done to accomplish the desired network
structure, the 32-bit limit causes more and more aggravation.
Another major addressing system used in open internetworking is the
OSI method of specifying Network Service Access Points (NSAPs). The
NSAP consists of an authority and format identifier, a number
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assigned to that authority, an address assigned by that authority,
and a selector identifying the next layer (transport layer) protocol.
This is actually a general multi-level hierarchy, often obscured by
the details of specific profiles. (For example, CLNP doesn't specify
20 octet NSAPs, it allows any length. But various GOSIPs profile the
NSAP as 20 octets, and IS-IS makes specific assumptions about the
last 1-8 octets. And so on.)
The NSAP does not directly correspond to an IP address, as the
selector in IP is separate from the address. The concept that does
correspond is the NSAP less the selector, called the Network Entity
Title or NET. (An unfortunate acronym, but one we will use to avoid
repeating the full term.) The usual definition of NET is an NSAP with
the selector set to 0; the NET used here omits the 0 selector.
There is also a network numbering system used by IPX, a product of
Novell, Inc. (referred to from here on as Novell) and other vendors
making compatible software. While IPX is not yet well connected into
a global network, it has a larger installed base than either of the
other network layers.
Network Layer Address
The network layer address looks like:
+----------+----------+---------------+---------------+
| length | AFI | IDI ... | DSP ... |
+----------+----------+---------------+---------------+
The fields are named in the usual OSI terminology although that leads
to an oversupply of acronyms. Here are more detailed descriptions of
each field:
length: the number of bytes (octets) in the remainder of the
address.
AFI: the Authority and Format Identifier. A single byte
value, from a set of well-known values registered by
ISO, that determines the semantics of the IDI field
IDI: the Initial Domain Identifier, a number assigned by the
authority named by the AFI, formatted according to the
semantics implied by the AFI, that determines the
authority for the remainder of the address.
DSP: Domain Specific Part, an address assigned by the
authority identified by the value of the IDI.
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Note that there are several levels of authority. ISO, for example,
identifies (with the AFI) a set of numbering authorities (like X.121,
the numbering plan for the PSPDN, or E.164, the numbering plan for
the telephone system). Each authority numbers a set of organizations
or individuals or other entities. (For example, E.164 assigns
16172477959 to me as a telephone subscriber.)
The entity then is the authority for the remainder of the address. I
can do what I please with the addresses starting with (AFI=E.164)
(IDI=16172477959). Note that this is a delegation of authority, and
not an embedding of a data-link address (the telephone number) in a
network layer address. The actual routing of the network layer
address has nothing to do with the authority numbering.
The domain-specific part is variable length, and can be allocated in
whatever way the authority identified by the AFI+IDI desires.
Network Layer Datagram
The common architecture format for network layer datagrams is
described below. The design is a balance between use on high
performance networks and routers, and a desire to minimize the number
of bits in the fixed header. Using the current state of processor
technology as a reference, the fixed header is all loaded into CPU
registers on the first memory cycle, and it all fits within the
operation bandwidth. The header leaves the remaining data aligned on
the header size (128 bits); with 64 bit addresses present and no
options it leaves the transport header 256 bit aligned.
On very slow and low performance networks, the fixed header is still
fairly small, and could be further compressed by methods similar to
those used with IP version 4 on links that consider every bit
precious. In between, it fits nicely into ATM cells and radio
packets, leaving sufficient space for the transport header and
application data.
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+---------------+---------------+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+---------------+
| NLPID (70) | Header Size |D|S|R|M|E| MBZ | Time to Live |
+---------------+---------------+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+---------------+
| Forward Cache Identifier |
+---------------------------------------------------------------+
| Datagram Length |
+---------------------------------------------------------------+
| Transport Protocol | Checksum |
+---------------------------------------------------------------+
| Destination Address ... |
+---------------------------------------------------------------+
| Source Address ... |
+---------------------------------------------------------------+
| Options ... |
+---------------------------------------------------------------+
NLPID: The first byte (the network layer protocol identifier in OSI)
is an 8 bit constant 70 (hex). This corresponds to Internet
Version 7.
Header Length: The header length is a 8-bit count of the number of
32-bit words in the header. This allows the header to
be up to 1020 bytes in length.
Flags: This byte is a small set of flags determining the datagram
header format and the processing semantics. The last three bits
are reserved, and must be set to zero. (Note that the
corresponding bits in CLNP version 1 are 001, since this byte
is the version field. This may be useful.)
Destination Address Omitted: When the destination address omitted
(DAO) flag is zero, the destination address is present as shown
in the datagram format diagram. When a datagram is sent with
an FCI that identifies the destination and the DAO flag is
set, the address does not appear in the datagram.
Source Address Omitted: The source address omitted (SAO) flag is zero
when the source address is present in the datagram. When
datagram is sent with an FCI that identifies the source and the
SAO flag is set, the source address is omitted from the
datagram.
Report Fragmentation Done: When this bit (RFD) is set, an intermediate
router that fragments the datagram (because it is larger than
the next subnetwork MTU) should report the event with an ICMP
Datagram Too Big message. (Unlike IP version 4, which uses DF
for MTU discovery, the RFD flag allows the fragmented datagram
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to be delivered.)
Mandatory Router Option: The mandatory router option (MRO) flag
indicates that routers forwarding the datagram must look at the
network header options. If not set, an intermediate router
should not look at the header options. (But it may anyway;
this is a necessary consequence of transparent network layer
translation, which may occur anywhere.)
The destination host, or an intermediate router doing
translation, must look at the header options regardless of
the setting of the MRO flag.
A router doing fragmentation will normally only use the F
flag in options to determine whether options should be copied
within the fragmentation code path. (It might also recognize
and elide null options.) If the MRO flag is not set, the router
may not act on an option even though it copies it properly
during fragmentation.
If there are no options present, MRO should always be zero, so
that routers can follow the no-option profile path in their
implementation. (Remember that the presence of options cannot
be divided from the header length, since the addresses are
variable length.)
Error Report Suppression: The ERS flag is set to suppress the sending
of error reports by any system (whether host or router)
receiving or forwarding the datagram. The system may log the
error, increment network management counters, and take any
similar action, but ICMP error messages or CNLP error reports
must not be sent.
The ERS flag is normally set on ICMP messages and other network
layer error reports. It does not suppress the normal response
to ICMP queries or similar network layer queries (CNLP echo
request).
If both the RFD and ERS flags are set, the fragmentation report
is sent. (This definition allows a larger range of
possibilities than simply over-riding the RFD flag would; a
sender not desiring this behavior can see to it that RFD is
clear.)
Time To Live: The time to live is a 8-bit count, nominally in seconds.
Each hop is required to decrement TTL by at least one. A hop
that holds a datagram for an unusual amount of time (more than
2 seconds, a typical example being a wait for a subnetwork
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connection establishment) should subtract the entire waiting
time in seconds (rounded upward) from the TTL.
Forward Cache Identifier: Each datagram carries a 32 bit field, called
"forward cache identifier", that is updated (if the information
is available) at each hop. This field's value is derived from
ICMP messages sent back by the next hop router, a routing
protocol (e.g., RAP), or some other method. The FCI is used to
expedite routing decisions by preserving knowledge where
possible between consecutive routers. It can also be used to
make datagrams stay within reserved flows, circuits, and mobile
host tunnels. If an FCI is not available, this field must be
zero, the SAO and DAO flags must be clear, and both destination
and source addresses must appear in the datagram.
Datagram Length: The 32-bit length of the entire datagram in octets.
A datagram can therefore be up to 4294967295 bytes in overall
length. Particular networks normally impose lower limits.
Transport Protocol: The transport layer protocol. For example, TCP is
6.
Checksum: The checksum is a 16-bit checksum of the entire header,
using the familiar algorithm used in IP version 4.
Destination: The destination address, a count byte followed by the
destination NSAP with the zero selector omitted. This field is
present only if the DAO flag is zero. If the count field is not
3 modulo 4 (the destination is not an integral multiple of
32-bit words) zero bytes are added to pad to the next multiple
of 32 bits. These pad bytes are not required to be ignored:
routers may rely on them being zero.
Source: The source address, in the same format as the destination.
Present only if the SAO flag is zero. The source is padded in
the same way as destination to arrive at a 32-bit boundary.
Options: Options may follow. They are variable length, and always
32-bit aligned. If the MRO flag in the header is not set,
routers will usually not look at or take action on any option,
regardless of the setting of the class field.
Multicasting
The multicast-enable option permits multicast forwarding of the
CATNIP datagram on subnetworks that directly support media layer
multicasting. This is a vanishing species, even in 10 Mbps Ethernet,
given the increasing prevalence of switching hubs. It also (perhaps
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more usefully) permits a router to forward the datagram on multiple
paths when a multicast routing algorithm has established such paths.
There is no option data.
Note that there is no special address space for multicasting in the
CATNIP. Multicast destination addresses can be allocated anywhere by
any administration or authority. This supports a number of differing
models of addressing. It does require that the transport layer
protocol know that the destination is multicast; this is desirable in
any case. (For example, the transport will probably want to set the
ERS flag.)
On an IEEE 802.x (ISO 8802.x) type media, the last 23 bits of the
address (not including the 0 selector) are used in combination with
the multicast group address assigned to the Internet to form the
media address when forwarding a datagram with the multicast enable
option from a router to an attached network provided that the
datagram was not received on that network with either multicast or
broadcast media addressing. A host may send a multicast datagram
either to the media multicast address (the IP catenet model,) or
media unicast to a router which is expected to repeat it to the
multicast address within the entire level I area or to repeat copies
to the appropriate end systems within the area on non-broadcast media
(the more general CLNP model.)
Network Layer Translation
The objective of translation is to be able to upgrade systems, both
hosts and routers, in whatever order desired by their owners.
Organizations must be able to upgrade any given system without
reconfiguration or modification of any other, and existing hosts must
be able to interoperate essentially forever. (Non-CATNIP routers will
probably be effectively eliminated at some point, except where they
exist in their own remote or isolated corners.)
Each CATNIP system, whether host or router, must be able to recognize
adjacent systems in the topology that are (only) IP version 4, CLNP,
or IPX and call the appropriate translation routine just before
sending the datagram.
OSI CNLP
The translation between CLNP and the CATNIP compressed form of the
datagrams is the simplest case for CATNIP, since the addresses are
the same and need not be extended. The resulting CATNIP datagrams may
omit the source and destination addresses as explained previously,
and may be mixed with uncompressed datagrams on the same subnetwork
link. Alternatively, a subnetwork may operate entirely in the CATNIP,
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converting all transit traffic to CATNIP datagrams, even if FCIs that
would make the compression effective are not available.
Similarly, all network datagram formats with CATNIP mappings may be
compressed into the common form, providing a uniform transit network
service, with common routing protocols (such as IS-IS).
Internet Protocol
All existing version 4 numbers are defined as belonging to the
Internet by using a new AFI, to be assigned to IANA by the ISO. This
document uses 192 at present for clarity in examples; it is to be
replaced with the assigned AFI. The AFI specifies that the IDI is two
bytes long, containing an administrative domain number.
The AD (Administrative Domain), identifies an administration which
may be an international authority (such as the existing InterNIC), a
national administration, or a large multi-organization (e.g., a
government). The idea is that there should not be more than a few
hundred of these at first, and eventually thousands or tens of
thousands at most.
AD numbers are assigned by IANA. Initially, the only assignment is
the number 0.0, assigned to the InterNIC, encompassing the entire
existing version 4 Internet.
The mapping from/to version 4 IP addresses:
+----------+----------+---------------+---------------------+
| length | AFI | IDI ... | DSP ... |
+----------+----------+---------------+---------------------+
| 7 | 192 | AD number | version 4 address |
+----------+----------+---------------+---------------------+
While the address (DSP) is initially always the 4 byte, version 4
address, it can be extended to arbitrary levels of subnetting within
the existing Internet numbering plan. Hosts with DSPs longer than 4
bytes will not be able to interoperate with version 4 hosts.
Novell IPX
The Internetwork Packet Exchange protocol, developed by Novell based
on the XNS protocol (Xerox Network System) has many of the same
capabilities as the Internet and OSI protocols. At first look, it
appears to confuse the network and transport layers, as IPX includes
both the network layer service and the user datagram service of the
transport layer, while SPX (sequenced packet exchange) includes the
IPX network layer and provides service similar to TCP or TP4. This
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turns out to be mostly a matter of the naming and ordering of fields
in the packets, rather than any architectural difference.
IPX uses a 32-bit LAN network number, implicitly concatenated with
the 48-bit MAC layer address to form an Internet address. Initially,
the network numbers were not assigned by any central authority, and
thus were not useful for inter-organizational traffic without
substantial prior arrangement. There is now an authority established
by Novell to assign unique 32-bit numbers and blocks of numbers to
organizations that desire inter-organization networking with the IPX
protocol.
The Novell/IPX numbering plan uses an ICD, to be assigned, to
designate an address as an IPX address. This means Novell uses the
authority (AFI=47)(ICD=Novell) and delegates assignments of the
following 32 bits.
An IPX address in the common form looks like:
+----------+----------+---------------+---------------------+
| length | AFI | IDI ... | DSP ... |
+----------+----------+---------------+---------------------+
| 13 | 47 (hex) | Novell ICD | network+MAC address |
+----------+----------+---------------+---------------------+
This will always be followed by two bytes of zero padding when it
appears in a common network layer datagram. Note that the socket
numbers included in the native form IPX address are part of the
transport layer.
SIPP
It may seem a little odd to describe the interaction with SIPP-16
(version 6 of IP) which is another proposed candidate for the next
generation of network layer protocols. However, if SIPP-16 is
deployed, whether or not as the protocol of choice for replacement of
IP version 4, there will then be four network protocols to
accommodate. It is prudent to investigate how SIPP-16 could then be
integrated into the common addressing plan and datagram format.
SIPP-16 defines 128 bit addresses, which are included in the NSAP
addressing plan under the Internet AFI as AD number 0.1. It is not
clear at this time what administration will hold the authority for
the SIPP-16 numbering plan. This produces a 20 byte NSAPA, with the
system ID field positioned exactly as expected by (e.g.) IS-IS.
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+----------+----------+---------------+---------------------+
| length | AFI | IDI ... | DSP ... |
+----------+----------+---------------+---------------------+
| 19 | 192 | AD (0.1) | SIPP-16 address |
+----------+----------+---------------+---------------------+
The SIPP-16 addressing method (the definition of the 128 bits) will
not be described here.
The SIPP proposal also includes an encapsulated-tunnel proposal
called IPAE, to address some of the issues that are designed into
CATNIP. The CATNIP direct translation does not use the SIPP-IPAE
packet formats. IPAE also specifies a "mapping table" for prefixes.
This table is kept up-to-date by periodic FTP transfers from a
"central site." The CATNIP definitions leave the problem of prefix
selection when converting into SIPP firmly within the scope of the
SIPP-IPAE proposal, and possible methods are not described here.
In translating from SIPP (IPv6) to CATNIP (IPv7), the only unusual
aspect is that SIPP defines some things that are normally considered
options to be "payloads" overloaded onto the transport protocol
numbering space. Fortunately, the only one that need be considered
is fragmentation; a fragmented SIPP datagram may need to be
reassembled prior to conversion. Other "payloads" such as routing
are ignored (translated verbatim) and will normally simply fail to
achieve the desired effect.
Translation to SIPP is simple, except for the difficult problem of
inventing the "prefix" if an implementation wants to support
translating Internet AD 0.0 numbers into the SIPP addressing domain.
Internet DNS
CATNIP addresses are represented in the DNS with the NSAP RR. The
data in the resource record is the NSAP, including the zero selector
at the end. The zone file syntax for the data is a string of
hexadecimal digits, with a period "." inserted between any two octets
where desired for readability. For example:
The inverse (PTR) zone is .NSAP.INT, with the CATNIP address
(reversed). That is, like .IN-ADDR.ARPA, but with .NSAP.INT instead.
The nibbles are represented as hexadecimal digits.
This respects the difference in actual authority: the IANA is the
authority for the entire space rooted in .IN-ADDR.ARPA. in the
version 4 Internet, while in the new Internet it holds the authority
only for 0.C.NSAP.INT. (Following the example of 192 as the AFI
value.) The domain 0.0.0.0.0.C.NSAP.INT is to be delegated by IANA to
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the InterNIC. (Understanding that in present practice the InterNIC is
the operator of the authoritative root.)
Security Considerations
The CATNIP design permits the direct use of the present proposals for
network layer security being developed in the IPSEC WG of the IETF.
There are a number of detailed requirements; the most relevant being
that network layer datagram translation must not affect (cannot
affect) the transport layers, since the TPDU is mostly inaccessible
to the router. For example, the translation into IPX will only work
if the port numbers are shadowed into the plaintext security header.
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Internet Program Protocol Specification", STD 5, RFC
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[RFC792] Postel, J., Editor, "Internet Control Message
Protocol - DARPA Internet Program Protocol
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[RFC793] Postel, J., Editor, "Transmission Control Protocol -
DARPA Internet Program Protocol Specification,
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[RFC801] Postel, J., "NCP/TCP Transition Plan", RFC 801,
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[RFC1234] Provan, D., "Tunneling IPX Traffic Through IP
Networks", RFC 1234, Novell, Inc., June 1991.
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[RFC1247] Moy, J., "OSPF Version 2", RFC 1247, Proteon, Inc.,
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Structure for the Internet: A Solution to the
Problem of Address Space Exhaustion", RFC 1335,
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(TUBA), A Simple Proposal for Internet Addressing
and Routing", RFC 1347, DEC, June 1992.
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Space", RFC 1466, Merit, May 1993.
[RFC1475] Ullmann, R., "TP/IX: The Next Internet", RFC 1475,
Process Software Corporation, June 1993.
[RFC1476] Ullmann, R., "RAP: Internet Route Access Protocol",
RFC 1476, Process Software Corporation, June 1993.
[RFC1561] Piscitello, D., "Use of ISO CLNP in TUBA
Environments", RFC 1561, Core Competence, December
1993.
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RFC 1707 CATNIP October 1994
Authors' Addresses
Michael McGovern
Sunspot Graphics
EMail: scrivner@world.std.com
Robert Ullmann
Lotus Development Corporation
1 Rogers Street
Cambridge, MA 02142
Phone: +1 617 693 1315
EMail: rullmann@crd.lotus.com
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