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From: ddp+@ANDREW.CMU.EDU (Drew Daniel Perkins)
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Subject: Re: trailers and their subtleties
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Date: 13 Sep 88 17:44:16 GMT
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RFC 1042 states:
   Consenting systems on the same IEEE 802 network may
   use this format between themselves.  Details of the trailer
   encapsulation method may be found in [9].  However, all hosts must be
   able to communicate using the standard (non-trailer) method.

If I were you, I would not "consent" to using them so that you don't have to
support them.

Drew