gt3741b@prism.gatech.EDU (Kikai heno hanashite) (03/04/91)
I have a question about the "Dial-up Internet Protocol".. namely, does it exist yet, was it ever a serious idea (or just a joke), and if it's not there yet, and is serious.. how far away is it? John -- Emperors Thought for the Day: | John E. Rudd jr. Only the insane have the strength to prosper; | gt3741b@prism.gatech.edu Only those who prosper judge what is sane. | (ex- kzin@ucscb.ucsc.edu) | Speaker to Machines #include<std.disclaim> Send all comments, flames, and complaints to /dev/null.
jcurran@SH.CS.NET (John Curran) (03/05/91)
-------- > From: Kikai heno hanashite <prism!gt3741b@gatech.edu> > Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology > Subject: SLIP and Dial-up > To: tcp-ip@nic.ddn.mil > I have a question about the "Dial-up Internet Protocol".. > > namely, does it exist yet, was it ever a serious idea (or just > a joke), and if it's not there yet, and is serious.. how far > away is it? "Dialup IP" is real. It is available via ftp from uunet.uu.net and from bbn.com. The software will automatically initiate SLIP connections to remote hosts whenever packets are queued to the dialup IP interface. The package includes a general (mmdf-like?) script language to negotiate and establish connections. There is a mailing list for discussion, send to "dialupip-request@sh.cs.net" for info. Now the surreal part: The software runs under BSD, Ultrix, and 3.x SunOS. It does not run under SunOS 4.x streams (yet). /John