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Date:      Mon, 19 Feb 1996 00:05:39 -0800 (PST)
From:      invalid opcode <coredump@nervosa.com>
To:        "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>
Cc:        phil@zipmail.co.uk, hackers@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: BSDi : Internet Gateway for Novell Networks 
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.91.960219000301.398B-100000@nervosa.com>
In-Reply-To: <18792.824712223@time.cdrom.com>

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On Sun, 18 Feb 1996, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote:
> 
> I think it would definitely be a well-regarded feature for FreeBSD if
> we supported TCP/IP encapsulation like this.  I don't know how much
> work is involved, but..
> 
> 					Jordan
> 

Isn't it just simple network tunneling with TCP/IP encapsulation into an 
IPX packet? Basically the souce and dest sites know how to unencapsulate, 
but the IPX medium doesn't care because it's a valid IPX packet. IPX: now 
there's an invention we all love =P

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