Purge packet

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Ref: Your note of Fri, 11 Aug 95 09:40:51 EDT

Andy,

> ...I was thinking
> the purge should contain at least the IP address info for the subnet
> the target is part of.

I think David is proposing that a prefix mask be added to the PURGE
packet?  I think this is a good idea.

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?

Have a nice day!