1326:
Mutual Encapsulation Considered Dangerous.
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This memo describes a packet explosion problem that can occur with mutual encapsulation of protocols (A encapsulates B and B encapsulates A).
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INFORMATIONAL
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Date
May 1992
Keyphrases
encapsulation
mutual encapsulation
protocol
packet
Referenced by
RFC1701: Generic Routing Encapsulation (GRE).
RFC1888: OSI NSAPs and IPv6.
RFC2473: Generic Packet Tunneling in IPv6 Specification.
RFC2784: Generic Routing Encapsulation (GRE).