Network Working Group R. Pereira Request for Comments: 2394 TimeStep Corporation Category: Informational December 1998 IP Payload Compression Using DEFLATE Status of this Memo This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does not specify an Internet standard of any kind. Distribution of this memo is unlimited. Copyright Notice Copyright (C) The Internet Society (1998). All Rights Reserved. Abstract This document describes a compression method based on the DEFLATE compression algorithm. This document defines the application of the DEFLATE algorithm to the IP Payload Compression Protocol. Table of Contents 1. Introduction...................................................2 1.1 The DEFLATE Compression Algorithm...........................2 1.2 Licensing...................................................2 1.3 Specification of Requirements...............................3 2. DEFLATE Algorithm Implementation...............................3 2.1 Compression.................................................3 2.2 Decompression...............................................4 3. Thresholds.....................................................4 4. IPSec Transform Identifier.....................................4 5. Security Considerations........................................4 6. References.....................................................5 7. Acknowledgments................................................5 8. Editor's Address...............................................5 9. Full Copyright Statement.......................................6 Pereira Informational