Purge packet

Koichi Horikawa <horikawa@nwk.cl.nec.co.jp> Tue, 26 September 1995 07:20 UTC

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Hi,

gardo@vnet.ibm.com says...

> ...
> Also, I noticed a possible typo in the draft:
> Do you know why the "A" bit is in bit position 0 of the PURGE packet
> but always in bit position 2 of the other packets?

"A" bit in the Purge packet is for "Acknowledgement",isn't it?  So
it's different from "A" bit in the other packets (for"Authoritative").

Right?

Regards,
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