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RFC 3284: The VCDIFF Generic Differencing and Compression Data Format

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This memo describes VCDIFF, a general, efficient and portable data format suitable for encoding compressed and/or differencing data so that they can be easily transported among computers. [STANDARDS-TRACK]

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Document ID
RFC3284
Published
July 2002
Authors
D. Korn; J. MacDonald; J. Mogul; K. Vo
Status
PROPOSED STANDARD
Stream
IETF
Area
Pages
29
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