Re: PPP via intermediate links

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From: Jim Rees
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 20:26

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In article <BOB.92Nov3145722@volitans.MorningStar.Com>, bob@MorningStar.Com (Bob Sutterfield) writes:

  Since
  0xff is outside the range that can be negotiated using the LCP
  Async-Control-Character-Map mechanism, some special means must be
  exercised to keep it from being a part of the user data stream.

Surely you're not serious.  The ppp folks provided an escape mechanism for
characters that can't be sent transparently, then limited the scope of that
mechanism?  That seems seriously stupid to me.  What could they possibly
have been thinking?

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From: rees@pisa.citi.umich.edu (Jim Rees)
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Subject: Re: PPP via intermediate links
Date: 12 Nov 1992 20:26:44 GMT
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