RFC 875 · UNKNOWN · 1982
TUE · 28 JUL 2026
Gateways, architectures, and heffalumps
Overview
RFC 875, “Gateways, architectures, and heffalumps”, is an Unknown document published in September 1982 by M.A. Padlipsky. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
This RFC is a discussion about the role of gateways in an internetwork, especially the problems of translating or mapping protocols between different protocol suites. The discussion notes possible functionality mis-matches, undesirable routing "singularity points", flow control issues, and high cost of translating gateways. Originally published as M82-51 by the MITRE Corporation, Bedford, Massachusetts.
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