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Garrett Wollman wrote:

><<On Wed, 06 Oct 2004 17:57:14 +0200, Waldemar Kornewald <Waldemar.Kornewald@web.de> said:
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>>Yes, something in that direction, plus: protocols:
>>IPv4, IPv6, TCP, UDP, ICMP, IPX, etc.
>>Just about everything as modules.
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>It is not generally regarded as a good idea to make artificial
>boundaries between (e.g.) IP and TCP.
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However from the success of the OSI/IP and related (CLNS, TP4, etc) 
protocols it can said that it's a good way to fail.

Pete