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From: medin@cincsac.arc.nasa.gov (Milo S. Medin)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: Dialup SLIP
Message-ID: <31731@ames.arc.nasa.gov>
Date: 12 Sep 89 04:54:05 GMT
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The issues of dial-up SLIP and header compression are orthogonal to
each other.  There are various implementations of dial-up slip, such
as for BSD systems, Suns, Annex terminal servers, etc...  I assume
the header compression you speak of the is the Van Jacobson version
developed at LBL and discussed in the IETF.  There is a pending 
RFC on the compression mode, and several implementations are
close to release (BSD, Annex, etc...).  Compression is also
an option for the sucessor to SLIP, PPP.  Some PPP trial implementations
will be demo'd at the upcoming InterOp conference in Santa Clara.


					Thanks,
					    Milo