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RFC 2341: Cisco Layer Two Forwarding (Protocol) "L2F"

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This document describes the Layer Two Forwarding protocol (L2F) which permits the tunneling of the link layer (i.e., HDLC, async HDLC, or SLIP frames) of higher level protocols. This memo describes a historic protocol for the Internet community. It does not specify an Internet standard of any kind.

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Document ID
RFC2341
Published
May 1998
Authors
A. Valencia; M. Littlewood; T. Kolar
Status
HISTORIC
Stream
Legacy
Area
Pages
29
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