[ih] early competition and networking

Dave Crocker dhc at dcrocker.net
Sun Apr 14 18:37:39 PDT 2024


On 4/14/2024 6:24 PM, John Day wrote:
> Then is it just the translation of the headers of the protocol?  We 
> can leave the applications out of it.  The question is more about 
> interworking between different networks.

IP relaying doesn't 'translate' the IP header.  It does minimal 
alterations.

It's the layer below that is entirely replaced, not just translated.  
That is, the 'different networks' are /below/ IP.

d/

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