[comp.protocols.tcp-ip] Trailers

BRUCE@UMDD.BITNET (Bruce Crabill) (05/28/87)

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