Re: "so-called" keyword and layer 3

Eric Brunner-Williams in Portland Maine <brunner@nic-naa.net> Wed, 05 December 2001 23:49 UTC

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Date: Wed, 05 Dec 2001 18:46:59 -0500
From: Eric Brunner-Williams in Portland Maine <brunner@nic-naa.net>
Subject: Re: "so-called" keyword and layer 3
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I can't resist.

> A "Layer 2" searching mechanism sounds almost incredulous if the OSI model
> comes to mind ("A link layer method for mapping between addresses?? Those
> IETF guys must be crazy...")

arp.