Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP)

The PPP (RFC1661,1662, 1332) module (ppp.nif) offers the following features:

• PAP client authentication protocol (RFC1334).

• CHAP client authentication protocol (RFC1334) with MD5, and with DES encryption (Microsoft Corp.).

• PPP LCP Extensions (additional packets 12 Identification and 13 Time-Remaining, additional Configuration Option Callback) (RFC1570).

• PPP Microsoft Callback Control Protocol (CBCP).

• PPP Compression Control Protocol (CCP) (RFC1962).

• Microsoft PPP compression (RFC2118).

• Van Jacobson header compression (RFC1144).

• PPP Stac LZS Compression Protocol (modes 1,3,4) (RFC1974).

• PPP Predictor Compression Protocol (RFC1978)