4 Jun
1998
4 Jun
'98
2:57 a.m.
The standard for PPP over Ethernet is L2TP. The pre-standard proprietary implementations were L2F and PPTP, from Cisco and Microsoft, respectively. I believe you'll find Internet Drafts on all three. The idea is neither "highly bogus" nor used in association with 10Base-T cross-over cables. It's used to tunnel ATCP, IPCP, IPXCP, et cetera over IP. -Bill Woodcock