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From: craig@NNSC.NSF.NET (Craig Partridge)
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Subject: re: interested in dialin SLIP
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Date: 13 Feb 89 13:24:19 GMT
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Arul:

This seems to be the hot topic of the moment.

For a reference, see 

    L. Lanzillo, C. Partridge, "Implementation of Dial-up IP for UNIX Systems,"
    Proc. 1989 Winter USENIX Technical Conf., San Diego, California,
    January 30 - February 3, 1989.

    ABSTRACT: CSNET has developed a software package to support the sending
    of Internet Protocol (IP) datagrams over dial-up phone lines. This driver
    can automatically establish and disconnect phone calls as IP traffic
    dictates. This code works in binary-only BSD systems.

People who don't have easy access to a USENIX proceedings can drop me a
note and I'll e-mail you a postscript copy. (By the way, this conference was
a good one -- see, for example, Tom Duff's paper on the virus he let loose
at AT&T).

The software described in this paper is available only to CSNET members.
Conversations I had with folks in the hall led me to believe that several
prominent people were also working on dial-up packages and we might see
more offerings in the near future.

By the way, there's apparent concensus among all involved that we'd like
our dial-up systems to interoperate. The key problem may be using
a standard serial line protocol.  Implementors are getting ahead of
the Point-To-Point Working Group (not what was intended when the P2P
group was established) and once software is distributed it is hard to
upgrade.

Craig