How SKIP Has Evolved

Sun Microsystems, Inc. is continuously developing SKIP. The first products to use this technology were the SunScreen SPF-100 and SunScreen SPF-100G, which were developed from the October 1995 draft of SKIP, also known as SKIP, Version 1.

Since the October 1995 draft, SKIP and the other related protocols have evolved so that now a whole set of new features is available. This new protocol is known as Version 2.

To maintain backwards compatibility, products such as SunScreen SKIP have a Version 1 mode that enables them to communicate with products like a SunScreen SPF-100 unit, which uses the earlier version.

The tools for configuring and managing SunScreen SKIP use the "SKIP Version 1" label to denote SunScreen SPF-100 compatibility and the "SKIP" label for the new definition of the protocol.