The Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP)
RFC 1661
Document | Type |
RFC - Internet Standard
(July 1994; Errata)
Updated by RFC 2153
Obsoletes RFC 1548
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Author | William Simpson | ||
Last updated | 2020-01-21 | ||
Stream | Internent Engineering Task Force (IETF) | ||
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Network Working Group W. Simpson, Editor Request for Comments: 1661 Daydreamer STD: 51 July 1994 Obsoletes: 1548 Category: Standards Track The Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) Status of this Memo This document specifies an Internet standards track protocol for the Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions for improvements. Please refer to the current edition of the "Internet Official Protocol Standards" (STD 1) for the standardization state and status of this protocol. Distribution of this memo is unlimited. Abstract The Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) provides a standard method for transporting multi-protocol datagrams over point-to-point links. PPP is comprised of three main components: 1. A method for encapsulating multi-protocol datagrams. 2. A Link Control Protocol (LCP) for establishing, configuring, and testing the data-link connection. 3. A family of Network Control Protocols (NCPs) for establishing and configuring different network-layer protocols. This document defines the PPP organization and methodology, and the PPP encapsulation, together with an extensible option negotiation mechanism which is able to negotiate a rich assortment of configuration parameters and provides additional management functions. The PPP Link Control Protocol (LCP) is described in terms of this mechanism. Table of Contents 1. Introduction .......................................... 1 1.1 Specification of Requirements ................... 2 1.2 Terminology ..................................... 3 2. PPP Encapsulation ..................................... 4 Simpson [Page i] RFC 1661 Point-to-Point Protocol July 1994 3. PPP Link Operation .................................... 6 3.1 Overview ........................................ 6 3.2 Phase Diagram ................................... 6 3.3 Link Dead (physical-layer not ready) ............ 7 3.4 Link Establishment Phase ........................ 7 3.5 Authentication Phase ............................ 8 3.6 Network-Layer Protocol Phase .................... 8 3.7 Link Termination Phase .......................... 9 4. The Option Negotiation Automaton ...................... 11 4.1 State Transition Table .......................... 12 4.2 States .......................................... 14 4.3 Events .......................................... 16 4.4 Actions ......................................... 21 4.5 Loop Avoidance .................................. 23 4.6 Counters and Timers ............................. 24 5. LCP Packet Formats .................................... 26 5.1 Configure-Request ............................... 28 5.2 Configure-Ack ................................... 29 5.3 Configure-Nak ................................... 30 5.4 Configure-Reject ................................ 31 5.5 Terminate-Request and Terminate-Ack ............. 33 5.6 Code-Reject ..................................... 34 5.7 Protocol-Reject ................................. 35 5.8 Echo-Request and Echo-Reply ..................... 36 5.9 Discard-Request ................................. 37 6. LCP Configuration Options ............................. 39 6.1 Maximum-Receive-Unit (MRU) ...................... 41 6.2 Authentication-Protocol ......................... 42 6.3 Quality-Protocol ................................ 43 6.4 Magic-Number .................................... 45 6.5 Protocol-Field-Compression (PFC) ................ 48 6.6 Address-and-Control-Field-Compression (ACFC) SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS ...................................... 51 REFERENCES ................................................... 51 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ............................................. 51 CHAIR'S ADDRESS .............................................. 52 EDITOR'S ADDRESS ............................................. 52 Simpson [Page ii] RFC 1661 Point-to-Point Protocol July 1994 1. Introduction The Point-to-Point Protocol is designed for simple links which transport packets between two peers. These links provide full-duplexShow full document text