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INDEX ENTRY FOR PPP:
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Name: PPP - Point-to-Point protocol server/client
Version: 2.3.1
Author(s): Paul Mackerras <paulus@cs.anu.edu.au>
Paul Mackerras
Dept. of Computer Science
Australian National University
Canberra ACT 0200
AUSTRALIA
On the CD-ROM in: network/ppp.tar
Ftp source: cs.anu.edu.au:/pub/software/ppp
Size on the CD: 2.7 MB (partially compressed)
Description:
The Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) provides a method for transmitting
datagrams over serial point-to-point links. PPP is composed of three
parts: a method for encapsulating datagrams over serial links, an exten-
sible Link Control Protocol (LCP), and a family of Network Control Pro-
tocols (NCP) for establishing and configuring different network-layer
protocols.
The encapsulation scheme is provided by driver code in the kernel. pppd
provides the basic LCP, authentication support, and an NCP for estab-
lishing and configuring the Internet Protocol (IP) (called the IP Con-
trol Protocol, IPCP).
-- Quoted from pppd manpage
Advertised architectures: SunOS, Linux, OSF/1, Solaris, NetBSD, SVR4, Ultrix
Prerequisites: C compiler