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        RFC 2344:

        Title:      Reverse Tunneling for Mobile IP
	Author(s):  G. Montenegro, Editor
	Status:     Proposed Standard
	Date:       May 1998
        Mailbox:    gabriel.montenegro@eng.sun.com		    
	Pages:      19
        Characters: 39468
        Updates/Obsoletes: None


        URL:        ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc2344.txt


This document proposes backwards-compatible extensions to Mobile IP
in order to support topologically correct reverse tunnels.  This
document does not attempt to solve the problems posed by firewalls
located between the home agent and the mobile node's care-of
address.

This document is a product of the IP Routing for Wireless/Mobile Hosts
Working Group of the IETF.

This is now a Proposed Standard Protocol.

This document specifies an Internet standards track protocol for
the Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions
for improvements.  Please refer to the current edition of the
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Joyce K. Reynolds and Alegre Ramos
USC/Information Sciences Institute