Protocol Action: The PPP NetBIOS Frames Control Protocol (NBFCP) to Proposed Standard

The IESG <iesg-secretary@ietf.org> Tue, 05 November 1996 18:48 UTC

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Subject: Protocol Action: The PPP NetBIOS Frames Control Protocol (NBFCP) to Proposed Standard
Date: Tue, 05 Nov 1996 13:41:59 -0500
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  The IESG has approved the Internet-Draft "The PPP NetBIOS Frames Control
  Protocol (NBFCP)" <draft-ietf-pppext-netbios-fcp-08.txt> as a Proposed
  Standard. This document is the product of the Point-to-Point Protocol
  Extensions Working Group. The IESG contact persons are Frank Kastenholz
  and Jeffrey Burgan.


Technical Summary

   Multiple higher-level protocols may operate over PPP links. For a
   protocol to be carried over a PPP link, a control protocol is
   required. This control protocol is used to negotiate the operations
   of that protocol. The PPP NetBIOS Frames Control Protocol is used to
   configure and control PPP links to carry NetBIOS traffic.

 Working Group Summary

   This protocol was developed in the PPPEXT working group. Development
   was without rancor

 Protocol Quality

   The protocol has been reviewed by Frank Kastenholz and Jeff Burgan.

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