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| - | ======== RFC791 - Internet Protocol (IPv4)========= | + | ===== RFC0791 - Internet Protocol (IPv4) ===== |
| - | [[dido:public:stds:tech:ietf | return to the IETF Standards ]] | + | [[dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.b_stds:tech:ietf:start| return to the IETF Standards ]] |
| - | <table> | + | <table><caption>Data sheet for RFC0791 - Internet Protocol (IP)</caption> |
| - | <caption>Data sheet for RFC791 - Internet Protocol (IP)</caption> | + | |
| | Title | Transmission Control Protocol | | | Title | Transmission Control Protocol | | ||
| | Acronym | IP or IPv4 | | | Acronym | IP or IPv4 | | ||
| | Version | 1981 | | | Version | 1981 | | ||
| - | | Document Number | RFC791 | | + | | Document Number | RFC0791 | |
| | Release Date | September 1981 | | | Release Date | September 1981 | | ||
| | Reference | [[https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc791]] | | | Reference | [[https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc791]] | | ||
| </table> | </table> | ||
| - | : **Note**: The following is an excerpt from the official IETF RFC. It is provided here as a connivence and is not authoritative. Refer to the original document as the authoritative reference. | + | : **Note**: The following is an excerpt from the official IETF RFC. It is provided here as a convenience and is not authoritative. Refer to the original document as the authoritative reference. |
| - | + | ==== Introduction ==== | |
| - | ====== Introduction ====== | + | ==== Motivation ==== |
| - | ===== Motivation ===== | + | |
| : //The Internet Protocol is designed for use in interconnected systems of | : //The Internet Protocol is designed for use in interconnected systems of | ||
| packet-switched computer communication networks. Such a system has | packet-switched computer communication networks. Such a system has | ||
| - | been called a "catenet" [1]. The internet protocol provides for | + | been called a "catenet" |
| + | (( Cerf, V., "The Catenet Model for Internetworking," Information | ||
| + | Processing Techniques Office, Defense Advanced Research Projects | ||
| + | Agency, IEN 48, July 1978. | ||
| + | )). The [[dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:i:ip|internet protocol]] provides for | ||
| transmitting blocks of data called datagrams from sources to | transmitting blocks of data called datagrams from sources to | ||
| destinations, where sources and destinations are hosts identified by | destinations, where sources and destinations are hosts identified by | ||
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| transmission through "small packet" networks.// | transmission through "small packet" networks.// | ||
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