From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (minnie.tuhs.org [45.79.103.53]) by inbox.vuxu.org (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTP id b095b7bd for ; Thu, 5 Dec 2019 19:21:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id E18219BC8B; Fri, 6 Dec 2019 05:21:36 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 98D229B57D; Fri, 6 Dec 2019 05:21:18 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 5567D9B57D; Fri, 6 Dec 2019 05:21:16 +1000 (AEST) Received: from smtp-out-3.mxes.net (smtp-out-3.mxes.net [198.205.123.68]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 00A3693D35 for ; Fri, 6 Dec 2019 05:21:15 +1000 (AEST) Received: from Customer-MUA (mua.mxes.net [10.0.0.1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.mxes.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 5B1AD2737F; Thu, 5 Dec 2019 14:21:14 -0500 (EST) From: To: "'Noel Chiappa'" , References: <20191205190546.AE4E418C089@mercury.lcs.mit.edu> In-Reply-To: <20191205190546.AE4E418C089@mercury.lcs.mit.edu> Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2019 14:21:13 -0500 Message-ID: <0e2901d5aba1$2932ff30$7b98fd90$@ronnatalie.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 16.0 Thread-Index: AQGCGP4tLlfo+6uNo1JMs6B8WbbNM6hTDE/A Content-Language: en-us X-Sent-To: Subject: Re: [TUHS] Origins of PPP X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.26 Precedence: list List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" I still remember the laughter at the IETC when someone asked if PPP stood for "Philip Pindeville's Protocol." > -----Original Message----- > From: TUHS On Behalf Of Noel Chiappa > Sent: Thursday, December 5, 2019 2:06 PM > To: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org > Cc: jnc@mercury.lcs.mit.edu > Subject: Re: [TUHS] Origins of PPP > > > From: Paul Ruizendaal > > > I'm looking for the origins of SLIP and PPP on Unix. Both seem to have > > been developed long before their RFC's appeared. > > You're dealing with an epoch when the IETF motto - "rough consensus and > running code" - really meant something. Formal RFC's way lagged protocol > development; they're the last step in the process, pretty much. > > If you want to study the history, you'd need to look at Internet Drafts (if > they're still online). Failing that, look at the IETF Proceedings; I think all the > ones from this period have been scanned in. They won't have the detail that > the I-D's would have, but they should give the rough outlines of the history. > > Noel