Subject: I-D ACTION:draft-beadles-nas-01.txt

From: [email-masked]
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1998 12:01:02 -0500

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	Title		: The Network Access Server
	Author(s)	: M. Beadles
	Filename	: draft-beadles-nas-01.txt
	Pages		: 8
	Date		: 16-Nov-98
	
     The  Network Access Server is the initial entry point to a network for
     the majority of users of network services.  It is the first device  in
     the  network to provide services to an end user, and acts as a gateway
     for all further services.  As such, its importance to users  and  ser-
     vice  providers alike is paramount.  However, the concept of a Network
     Access Server has grown up  over  the  years  without  being  formally
     defined or analyzed.  This document offers a framework for the defini-
     tion and analysis of a modern Network Access Server.

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