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Re: Time to retire some ancient network pseudo-interfaces?




> On Jul 12, 2018, at 11:32 AM, Greg Troxel <gdt%lexort.com@localhost> wrote:
> 
> 
> I know you saw objections to SLIP removal and withdrew the proposal, but
> for the record I too would like it to stay.  It's really longstanding
> and simple, and I don't think it hurts much.  With the brave new world
> of tiny microcontrollers the idea that something else does slip and not
> ppp is not crazy.

Yes, certainly SLIP would be more appropriate than PPP for running on, say, an AVR.

-- thorpej



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