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Re: NAK
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Alan Cox)
Wed Apr 17 09:39:06 1996
From: Alan Cox <alan@cymru.net>
To: tonyn@sctnugen.ppp.gu.edu.au (Tony Nugent)
Date: Wed, 17 Apr 1996 12:55:03 +0100 (BST)
Cc: linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu
In-Reply-To: <199604170529.PAA09307@sctnugen.ppp.gu.edu.au> from "Tony Nugent" at Apr 17, 96 03:29:43 pm
> If there's an RFC that specifically covers HDLC, I would be very
> interested to know which one it is... I can't seem to find one that
> does that.
There isnt one. HDLC itself is a hardware level bit stuffing procedure. LAPB
sits on top of it and is documented in various places including CCITT X.25.
X.25 sits on top of that if you are sad enough, and you can stick IP over
the lot for amusement. Nowdays people tend to run X.25 over IP emulating
virtual circuits instead of the reverse when possible.
Alan
