From owner-freebsd-isp Tue Aug 10 3:35:32 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from mailtoaster1.pipeline.ch (mailtoaster1.pipeline.ch [62.48.0.70]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id BE44415264 for ; Tue, 10 Aug 1999 03:35:22 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from oppermann@pipeline.ch) Received: (qmail 25374 invoked from network); 10 Aug 1999 10:32:32 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO pipeline.ch) ([195.134.128.41]) (envelope-sender ) by mailtoaster1.pipeline.ch (qmail-ldap-1.03) with SMTP for ; 10 Aug 1999 10:32:32 -0000 Message-ID: <37AFFFE3.AC1DAFFB@pipeline.ch> Date: Tue, 10 Aug 1999 12:33:07 +0200 From: Andre Oppermann X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.03 [en] (WinNT; U) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Brian Somers Cc: Brian Somers , jonathan michaels , Rowan Crowe , Josef Karthauser , freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: problem with user level ppp, using multilink functionality References: <199908091831.TAA01465@keep.lan.Awfulhak.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Brian Somers wrote: > > > Brian Somers wrote: > > > The *real* problem with user-ppp in this arena is that it doesn't do > > > any of the compression algorithms that the hardware at most ISPs does > > > - ie, MPPC or STAC. > > > > > > Does *ANYONE* know anybody that could push some buttons in this area > > > and either get deflate/predictor supported on some server hardware or > > > else get Microsoft/Stac to allow me to emulate their compression > > > algorithms ? It would make a huge difference ! > > > > RFC1967, RFC1974, RFC2118, RFC2395 has some hints on the subject. > > Indeed. I've read these and even talked to the people mentioned. > They say that I must be a company (I can do that) and must sign an > NDA (I won't do that). > > I don't see why I have to sign an NDA to write some software using > rfcs. The MPPC spec publishes the format, but nobody's allowed to > implement it without an NDA ? You'd only ever get this from M$ ! > > Up 'till now, it didn't really bother me 'cos I had a modem that did > hardware compression. Now I have an ISDN line and nothing compresses > anything - I've got a vested interest. > > My previous message was more of an appeal for somebody with a bit of > clout (this *is* freebsd-isp) to talk to Stac or M$ to convince them > to give me written permission to implement their protocol. They won't > really say much to me except ``NDA'' :-( OK, lemme see what they tell me when I ask them through my company. -- Andre To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message