Slirp was the equivalent of a userland, and user accessible version of SLIP. It allowed end users, to have IP equivalent connectivity if they had a shell accoun

Slirp was the equivalent of a userland, and user accessible version of SLIP. It allowed end users, to have IP equivalent connectivity if they had a shell account. This was in the days when people had dial-in accounts to a shell, and wanted to use Mosaic web browser on their machines.