RFC 1787:Routing in a Multi-provider Internet
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... provider at the network layer (IP) is the set of destinations (hosts ...


... being "hidden" (via encapsulation) at the Network layer. Likewise, encapsulation may affect source and destination ...


... hierarchical routing. Essential to this technique is the assumption that Network layer addresses assigned to individual entities (e.g., hosts ...



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