Abbreviation for I nternet P rinting P rotocol; defined in a series of RFCs accepted by the IETF with status " proposed standard "; was designed by the PWG.--IPP is a completely new design for network printing, but it utilizes a very well-known and proven method for the actual data transfer: HTTP #! By not " re-inventing the wheel ", and basing itself on an existing and robust Internet standard, IPP is able to relatively easily bolt other HTTP-compatible standard mechanisms into its framework: * Basic, Digest or Certificate authentication mechanisms; * SSL or TLS for encryption of transferred data; * LDAP for directory services (to publish data on printers, device-options, drivers, costs or also to the network; or to check for passwords while performing authentication
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