Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP
Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!rutgers!mit-eddie!genrad!decvax!ucbvax!UMDD.BITNET!BRUCE
From: BRUCE@UMDD.BITNET (Bruce Crabill)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: Trailers
Message-ID: <8705280411.AA05754@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>
Date: Wed, 27-May-87 23:37:49 EDT
Article-I.D.: ucbvax.8705280411.AA05754
Posted: Wed May 27 23:37:49 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 30-May-87 07:00:18 EDT
Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU
Distribution: world
Organization: The ARPA Internet
Lines: 11

I'm confused.  RFC-893 (Trailer Encapsulations) indicates that the
header length field in the trailer is:

    "The header length field of the trailer data segment.  This
     specifies the length in bytes of the following header data."

However, it appears that in reality 4.3 machines take the header
length to be the total trailer length (the headers plus the Type and
Header Length fields).  Which is correct?

                                       Bruce