RFC 2101: IPv4 Address Behaviour Today

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The main purpose of this note is to clarify the current interpretation of the 32-bit IP version 4 address space, whose significance has changed substantially since it was originally defined. This memo provides information for the Internet community. This memo does not specify an Internet standard of any kind.

Document record

Document ID

RFC2101

Published

February 1997

Authors

B. Carpenter; J. Crowcroft; Y. Rekhter

Status

INFORMATIONAL

Stream

IAB

Area

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Pages

13

Also known as

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• DOI: 10.17487/RFC2101

Topics

• Internet
• Protocol
• Architecture
• Board

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• 1997
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