< networking > (CATNIP, originally Common Architecture Technology for Next-generation Internet Protocol)
A network architecture designed to provide a compressed form of the existing network layer protocols and to integrate CLNP , IP , and IPX . It provides for any of the transport layer protocols in use, including TP4 , CLTP , TCP , UDP , IPX , and SPX , to run over any of the network layer protocol formats: CLNP, IP (version 4), IPX, and CATNIP.
CATNIP was originally proposed by Robert L. Ullmann of Lotus Development Corporation on 1993-12-22. It was published as RFC 1707 in October 1994 but it is not an Internet standard of any kind.
(1996-03-23)