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==Properties==

FLIP is a [[Connectionless communication |connectionless]] protocol designed to support transparency (with respect to the underlying network layers of the OSI model: 2. data link and 1. physical), efficient RPC, group communication, secure communication and easy network management. The following FLIP properties helps to achieve the requirements of distributed computing:<ref name="FLIP"/>

# FLIP identifies entities with a ___location-independent 64-bit identifier called ''networkNetwork serviceService accessAccess pointsPoints'' (NSAPs). An entity can, for example, be a [[Process (computing) |process]]; contrary to the IP protocol where an [[IP address]] identifyidentifies a [[Host (network) |host]].

# FLIP uses a one -way mapping between the “private” address, used to register an endpoint of a network connection, and the “public” address used to advertise the endpoint.

# FLIP routes messages based on NSAP (transparency).

# FLIP discovers routes on demand.