RFC 2395 · INFORMATIONAL · 1998
SUN · 14 JUN 2026
IP Payload Compression Using LZS
Overview
RFC 2395, “IP Payload Compression Using LZS”, is an Informational document published in December 1998 by R. Friend, R. Monsour. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
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. This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does not specify an Internet standard of any kind.
What “Informational” means
Published for the general information of the community. It does not define an IETF standard and carries no standards-track status.
Read this RFC
The canonical text of RFC 2395 is hosted at rfc-editor.org. Available in TXT,HTML.
Other RFCs from 1998
- RFC 2394 IP Payload Compression Using DEFLATE
- RFC 2396 Uniform Resource Identifiers : Generic Syntax
- RFC 2393 IP Payload Compression Protocol
- RFC 2397 The "data" URL scheme
- RFC 2392 Content-ID and Message-ID Uniform Resource Locators
- RFC 2398 Some Testing Tools for TCP Implementors
- RFC 2391 Load Sharing using IP Network Address Translation
- RFC 2390 Inverse Address Resolution Protocol