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        RFC 1293:

        Title:      Inverse Address Resolution Protocol
        Author:     T. Bradley & C.Brown
        Mailbox:    cbrown@wellfleet.com
        Pages:      6
        Characters: 11,368


This memo describes additions to ARP that will allow a station to
request a protocol address corresponding to a given hardware address.
Specifically, this applies to Frame Relay stations that may have a
Data Link Connection Identifier (DLCI), the Frame Relay equivalent of
a hardware address, associated with an established Permanent Virtual
Circuit (PVC), but do not know the protocol address of the station on
the other side of this connection.  It will also apply to other
networks with similar circumstances.

This is now a Proposed Standard Protocol.

This RFC specifies an IAB standards track protocol for the Internet
community, and requests discussion and suggestions for improvements.
Please refer to the current edition of the "IAB Official Protocol
Standards" for the standardization state and status of this protocol.
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Joyce K. Reynolds
USC/Information Sciences Institute