RFC 4957 on Link-Layer Event Notifications for Detecting Network Attachments

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        RFC 4957

        Title:      Link-Layer Event Notifications for
Detecting 
                    Network Attachments 
        Author:     S. Krishnan, Ed.,
                    N. Montavont, E. Njedjou,
                    S. Veerepalli, A. Yegin, Ed.
        Status:     Informational
        Date:       August 2007
        Mailbox:    suresh.krishnanericsson.com, 
                    nicolas.montavontenst-bretagne.fr, 
                    eric.njedjouorange-ftgroup.com, 
sivavqualcomm.com, 
                    a.yeginpartner.samsung.com
        Pages:      18
        Characters: 41840
        Updates/Obsoletes/SeeAlso:   None

        I-D Tag:    draft-ietf-dna-link-information-06.txt

        URL:        http://www.
rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc4957.txt

Certain network access technologies are capable of providing
various
types of link-layer status information to IP.  Link-layer
event
notifications can help IP expeditiously detect configuration
changes.
This document provides a non-exhaustive catalogue of
information
available from well-known access technologies.  This memo
provides 
information for the Internet community.

This document is a product of the Detecting Network
Attachment
Working Group of the IETF.


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