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These requirements are based on the current level of Internet
architecture. This document will be updated as required to provide
additional clarifications or to include additional information in
those areas in which specifications are still evolving.
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This introductory section begins with a brief overview of the
Internet architecture as it relates to hosts, and then gives some
general advice to host ...
... The Internet Architecture ...
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General background and discussion on the Internet architecture and
supporting protocol suite can be found in the DDN Protocol
Handbook [INTRO:3 ...
... the present document and its companion [INTRO:1] define the
rules for the current realization of the Internet architecture.
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The current Internet architecture is based on a set of
assumptions about the communication system. The assumptions
most relevant to hosts ...
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The protocol layers used in the Internet architecture are as
follows [INTRO:4]:
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... IP protocol
is a fundamental and characteristic feature of the
Internet architecture. Internet IP was the model for the
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... IP:1] defines the IP protocol and gives an
introduction to the architecture of the Internet.
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... Multihoming introduces considerable confusion and complexity into
the protocol suite, and it is an area in which the Internet
architecture falls seriously short of solving all problems. There
are two distinct problem areas in multihoming:
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... destination address to be used as a pure 32-bit
number, which may allow the Internet architecture
to be more easily extended in the future without
any change to the hosts ...
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The Internet architecture generally provides little protection
against spoofing of IP source addresses ...