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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

Ftp source: cs.anu.edu.au:/pub/software/ppp

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