Network Working Group R. Friend Request for Comments: 2395 R. Monsour Category: Informational Hi/fn, Inc. December 1998 IP Payload Compression Using LZS 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 LZS compression algorithm. This document defines the application of the LZS algorithm to the IP Payload Compression Protocol [IPCOMP]. [IPCOMP] defines a method for applying lossless compression to the payloads of Internet Protocol datagrams. Table of Contents 1. Introduction...................................................2 1.1 General....................................................2 1.2 Background of LZS Compression..............................2 1.3 Licensing..................................................3 1.4 Specification of Requirements..............................3 2. Compression Process............................................3 2.1 Compression History........................................3 2.2 Compression Encoding Format................................3 2.3 Padding....................................................4 3. Decompression Process..........................................4 4. IPComp Association (IPCA) Parameters...........................4 4.1 ISAKMP Transform ID........................................5 4.2 ISAKMP Security Association Attributes.....................5 4.3 Manual configuration.......................................5 4.4 Minimum packet size threshold..............................5 4.5 Compressibility test.......................................5 5. Security Considerations........................................5 6. Acknowledgements...............................................5 7. References.....................................................6 8. Authors' Addresses.............................................7 Friend & Monsour Informational