Protocol Action: CIPX and IPXCP to Proposed Standard

IESG Secretary <iesg-secretary@CNRI.Reston.VA.US> Fri, 20 August 1993 13:43 UTC

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Subject: Protocol Action: CIPX and IPXCP to Proposed Standard
Date: Fri, 20 Aug 1993 09:43:10 -0400
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  The IESG has approved the Internet-Drafts:
  
  o "Compressing IPX Headers Over WAN Media (CIPX)"
    <draft-ietf-pppext-cipx-04.txt>

  o "The PPP Internetwork Packet Exchange Control Protocol (IPXCP)"
     <draft-ietf-pppext-ipxcp-04.txt>

  as a Proposed Standard.  These documents are the product of the
  Point-to-Point Protocol Extensions Working Group. The IESG
  contact persons are Stev Knowles and David Piscitello.

CIPX
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  Technical Summary
 
    This document describes a method for compressing the headers of IPX 
    datagrams (CIPX).  With this method, it is possible to significantly 
    improve performance over lower speed wide area network (WAN) media.
    For normal IPX packet traffic, CIPX can provide a compression ratio
    of approximately 2:1 including both IPX header and data.  This method
    can be used on various type of WAN media, including those supporting
    PPP and X.25.
 
  Working Group Summary
 
    The protocol has been discussed and studied by members of the Point-
    to-Point Protocol Extensions Working Group. It is widely supported by
    committee members.

  Protocol Quality
 
    The protocol has been reviewed by David Piscitello, Internet Area
    Director, on behalf of the IESG. Comments submitted to the authors
    were considered, and corrections and additions have been introduced.
    The revised draft was been posted to the internet-drafts directories
    on July 20, 1993.
 
    There is at least one implementation of CIPX (although this is not a
    criteria for this protocol action).

IPXCP
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  Technical Summary
 
    The Point-to-Point Protocol provides a method for transmitting multi-
    protocol datagrams over point-to-point links. This document is one of
    a family of Network Control Protocols for establishing and configuring
    different network-layer protocols. This document defines the Network
    Control Protocol for establishing and configuring the IPX protocol
    over PPP.  The IPX protocol, originally used in Novell's NetWare
    products, is now supported by numerous other vendors. The IPXCP
    packets defined herein are used to choose and configure the IPX
    network-layer protocol.
 
  Working Group Summary
 
    There are no objections to moving this document to proposed at this
    time.
 
  Protocol Quality
 
    David Piscitello has reviewed this document on behalf of the IESG.
    Comments sent to the author have been considered in the preparation
    of the Internet-Draft noted above. There are several known
    implementations (having multiple interoperable implementations is
    not a requirement at this level of protocol action).

Protocol Action: CIPX and IPXCP to Proposed Stand… IESG Secretary