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Independent Submission A. McKenzie
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Request for Comments: 6529 S. Crocker
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Category: Historic April 2012
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ISSN: 2070-1721
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Independent Submission L. Brinkhoff
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Request for Comments: XXXX N. Chiappa
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ISSN: XXXX-XXX S. Crocker
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April 2025
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Host/Host Protocol for the ARPA Network
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| The authors suggest the Internet community should switch to another
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This document reproduces the Host/Host Protocol developed by the ARPA
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Information about the current status of this document, any errata,
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