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From: ed@mtxinu.COM (Ed Gould)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: Van Jacobson's version of SLIP with header compression...
Message-ID: <879@mtxinu.UUCP>
Date: 7 Jun 89 00:06:27 GMT
References: <295@larouch.UUCP>
Reply-To: ed@mtxinu.COM (Ed Gould)
Organization: mt Xinu, Berkeley
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>Last usenix, telebit was using Van Jacobson's version of SLIP in their
>terminal server.  At the Telebit BOF, the word was that this code would
>be publically accessible in a few weeks (that was in Feb, 1989).  
>Does any one know where to get a copy of this code?

The spec for SLIP is still in flux.  Van has not released his code
pending resolution of whatever issues there are, so that there will
not be multiple, incompatible versions around.

Once SLIP is properly defined, I expect that the code will be available.

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