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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!usc!news.service.uci.edu!balboa.eng.uci.edu!swallace From: swallace@balboa.eng.uci.edu (Steven Wallace) Subject: Re: Slcompress, slip header compression ? Nntp-Posting-Host: balboa.eng.uci.edu Message-ID: <2C390ECD.8457@news.service.uci.edu> Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Organization: University of California, Irvine Lines: 6 Date: 6 Jul 93 05:34:05 GMT References: <hastyC9IFM3.F9u@netcom.com> <741900278snz@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> <hastyC9pxAJ.MDD@netcom.com> What exactly is header compression? Can SLIP send a packet in compressed format and the server uncompress the data thereby increasing throughput? If so, that's a neat feature! Otherswise, someone should put it into SLIP (obviously require both ends to implement). Does anyone know where to get specs on SLIP anyways?