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Re: Variable length internet addresses in TCP/IP: history

2012-02-15 15:42:29
The problem with variable-length addressing that, in practice, one needs
to specify a maximum length.

In some practical terms, perhaps, but there are extensibility schemes that
allow 
the payload (addressing bits, in this case, to go on forever, in theoretical
terms.

One example would be a linked-list of strides...

- Wes

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