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RFC 1180: TCP/IP tutorial
In plain English — editorial summary, not part of the RFC
This RFC is a tutorial on the TCP-IP protocol suite, focusing particularly on the steps in forwarding an IP datagram from source host to destination host through a router. It does not specify an Internet standard.
Document record
- Document ID
- RFC1180
- Published
- January 1991
- Authors
- T.J. Socolofsky; C.J. Kale
- Status
- INFORMATIONAL
- Stream
- Legacy
- Area
- —
- Pages
- 28
- Also known as
- —
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