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RFC 1172: Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) initial configuration options

This RFC has been replaced. Do not implement against it for new work — it was formally obsoleted by RFC 1331, RFC 1332.

Current document in this lineage: RFC 1332 — The PPP Internet Protocol Control Protocol (IPCP); RFC 1661 — The Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP)

In plain English — editorial summary, not part of the RFC

This memo specifies the Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) Initial Configuration Options as a Proposed Standard Protocol for the Internet community. When it becomes a full Standard, this protocol will be recommended for all TCP/IP implementations that communicate over serial links.

Document record

Document ID
RFC1172
Published
July 1990
Authors
D. Perkins; R. Hobby
Status
PROPOSED STANDARD
Stream
IETF
Area
int
Pages
40
Also known as
—
Obsoleted by:
RFC 1331, RFC 1332

Standards lineage

This document is one revision in a chain of 7 RFCs, each formally replacing the one before it.

  1. RFC 1134 (1989)
  2. RFC 1171 (1990)
  3. RFC 1172 (1990)
  4. RFC 1331 (1992)
  5. RFC 1332 (1992)
  6. RFC 1548 (1993)
  7. RFC 1661 (1994) ✓

Read the full history of The Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) →

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2 later RFCs formally update or obsolete part of this document.

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