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From: kent@DECWRL.DEC.COM
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Subject: Re: Dial-up TCP/IP (was interactive SMTP over phone lines)
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Date: Tue, 12-May-87 17:39:27 EDT
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We use SLIP (with some header compression) for dialups from some home
machines. Basically, the user logs in and then runs a shell script that
does ifconfig and slipconf on the dialup line, and does a similar thing
on their home machine. This supplies the IP address and avoids the
problem of having an IP port hanging out for anyone to dial into.

chris