# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE: # The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line # up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|' # on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must # make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also # customary to leave one space after the ':'. |-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------| dip: dip (Dialup IP connection handler) dip: dip: Uri Blumenthal's version of Fred N. van Kempen's DIP utility. DIP dip: handles the connections needed for dialup IP links, like SLIP or dip: CSLIP. It can handle both incoming and outgoing connections, using dip: password security for incoming connections. dip: dip: This is seldom used these days, as most dialups use PPP, not SLIP. dip: It's still useful for running IP over a serial connection, though. dip: dip: