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Date:Mon Feb 17 12:19:27 2003 
Subject:Re: poplog: PPP ? 
From:Jonathan L Cunningham 
Volume-ID:1030217.03 

On 13 Feb 2003 16:28:25 GMT, kers@hplb.hpl.hp.com () wrote:

>In article <3e4bc312$0$225@hades.is.co.za>,
>	eas-lab@absamail.co.za writes:
>> Recently we had a thread about 'stacks' (TCP/IP stacks) ?
>
>No, I don't think so.
>
>> I have good reason to investigate PPP.
>> 
>> Apparently this can-of-worms/non-trivial subject is closely
>> connected with what was previously called TCP/IP stacks ?
>
>PPP is, if I recall correctly, a TCP/IP-over-a-phone protocol.

IIRC, back in the bad old days when people had to connect to
the internet using a modem on a phone line ;-), there was a
choice between PPP (point-to-point-protocol) and SLIP (serial
line interface protocol).

I don't think either protocol was specific to phone lines
(I'm just being pedantic here). Whereabouts in the different
layers of protocol they fit, I'm not sure.

>> Am I right that poplog has material related to PPP ?
>
>(peering) No.
>

That's what I would think, too.

Jonathan

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