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<title abbrev='Point-to-Point Protocol'>The Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) for the Transmission of Multi-protocol Datagrams over Point-to-Point Links</title>
<author initials='W.' surname='Simpson' fullname='William Allen Simpson'>
<organization>Daydreamer, Computer Systems Consulting Services</organization>
<address>
<postal>
<street>P O Box 6205</street>
<city>East Lansing</city>
<region>MI</region>
<code>48826-6025</code>
<country>US</country></postal>
<email>bsimpson@ray.lloyd.com</email></address></author>
<date month='May' year='1992' />
<abstract>
<t>The Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) provides a method for transmitting datagrams over serial point-to-point links.  PPP is comprised of three main components:</t>
<t>1. A method for encapsulating datagrams over serial links.</t>
<t>2. A Link Control Protocol (LCP) for establishing, configuring, and testing the data-link connection.</t>
<t>3. A family of Network Control Protocols (NCPs) for establishing and configuring different network-layer protocols.</t>
<t>This document defines the PPP encapsulation scheme, together with the PPP Link Control Protocol (LCP), an extensible option negotiation protocol which is able to negotiate a rich assortment of configuration parameters and provides additional management functions.</t>
<t>This RFC is a product of the Point-to-Point Protocol Working Group of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF).  Comments on this memo should be submitted to the ietf-ppp@ucdavis.edu mailing list.</t></abstract></front>

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