9-28 : Acronym of the day

[The Wraith]

RARP

[[AK]Palooka]

Reverse Address Resolution Protocol: In June 1984, this address translation protocol was developed at Stanford by Finlayson, Mann, Mogul, and Theimer in order to establish a standard method for resolving a network host's protocol address on boot, given that the hardware address mapping is known. This is necessary for a network host device, such as a diskless workstation, printer, or X-terminal, to communicate using advanced protocols like IP. In order to work, RARP requires a server host containing a database of hardware address mappings. ARP, a protocol developed by Plummer, solves the opposite problem; it resolves a host's hardware address providing that it has a protocol address.

Consult rfc903 for more information.

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[AK]Palooka
August Knights Administrator
Xearic: 48 Necromancer
Burwell: 40 Cleric

[The Wraith]

Alright. If you want to look up the answers the questions are going to be a bit more involved.

1. Give me an example of this 'hardware address' mentioned in your answer.
2. What are other terms used to describe a 'hardware address'? Identify two(2) other names is it sometimes called.
3. Define how it differs from a protocol address.
4. Identify, compare and contrast which layer(s) of the OSI model hardware addresses and protocol addressies are associated with.

[ Given your workstation at home and a webserver (somewhere) ]

5. In a step by step fashion, give an example in detail of what a RARP process looks like. Take us through the process regarding this resolution so those following along at home may further understand the concepts involved.

Regards,
The Wraith

[NeverRetreat]

ROFL...

[Zorro]

I knew what it was...that one was easy...

[AK]Zorro

Chief Operations Officer
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