randys@otl.SanDiego.NCR.COM (Randy Smerik) (11/27/89)
In article <1989Nov23.205642.6689@utzoo.uucp> henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer) writes: > >SLIP is a bad choice because it is about to be replaced by PPP. > >PPP isn't at all bad, especially if ... I'll bite ... What's PPP? Randy Smerik, randy.smerik@sandiego.ncr.com
loverso@Xylogics.COM (John Robert LoVerso) (11/27/89)
In article <2121@ncr-sd.SanDiego.NCR.COM> randys@otl.SanDiego.NCR.COM (Randy Smerik) writes: > I'll bite ... What's PPP? A proposed standard for the encapsulation of [higher level] protocols over point to point connections; that is, the Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP). This is the end result of an over-two-year-old IETF working group. The draft documents (which have been submitted to be published as RFCs) are available on nic.ddn.mil in the internet-drafts directory. The goal of PPP was to provide a standard protocol for what SLIP (a non-standard) is used for today. Among other things, PPP provides protocol demultiplexing, configuration negotiation, and link testing. It's intended to be used over everthing from 2400bps, 9.6bps to T1 links. Several pilot implementions exist, most notably for BSD and for Phil Karn's KA9Q. These will be available when the RFC gets issued. The BSD implemention will include support for Van Jacobson's TCP header compression alg, I believe. [I've been semi-active in the working group] -- John Robert LoVerso Xylogics, Inc. 617/272-8140 loverso@Xylogics.COM Annex Terminal Server Development Group
henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer) (11/28/89)
In article <2121@ncr-sd.SanDiego.NCR.COM> randys@otl.SanDiego.NCR.COM (Randy Smerik) writes: >>PPP isn't at all bad, especially if ... > >I'll bite ... What's PPP? PPP is the Point to Point Protocol, aka "son of SLIP". It's SLIP re-engineered into an industrial-strength protocol, including some limited error detection, provisions for automatic configuration, and the ability to run over more kinds of links. It's probably somewhat more complicated than it needs to be (whereas SLIP was definitely a bit simpler than it needed to be), but it looks tolerable. It's a draft RFC right now, soon to be a real one. -- That's not a joke, that's | Henry Spencer at U of Toronto Zoology NASA. -Nick Szabo | uunet!attcan!utzoo!henry henry@zoo.toronto.edu