[pptp-server] help!!!!!!

Nate Carlson natecars at real-time.com
Thu Dec 16 10:51:38 CST 1999


On Thu, 16 Dec 1999, [big5] ¾å·¬ wrote:

> Think you for reading this mail. I am a graduate student of NCTU in Taiwan.
> Could you take some time to answer my question of pptp server?
> Question:Why I  can use sniffer to obain data transmitting on the net??
> PPTP server suppose to data encrption(RSA RC4 40 bits session key)
> but the packet that I get on the net is not encrpted.
> OS: linux redhat 6.0    
> pptp server: pptp-1.0.0 
> windows 98
> ps:I don't know what is version of pppd ?? so I do not update my pppd.
> ps: client can connect to pptp server ,and server do not show any  
>      error message.
> ps:After connecting, client can telnet server that have pptp server. I can 
>     use sniffer to get clear of packet. why???
>  
> Think you for your answer!!!!!
>  
>                                                               Xiao-Feng 

Have you checked your messages file to make sure that the user is really
connecting with encryption? You will probably need to recompile your pppd
and kernel modules to get the encryption support (the ppp_mppe module).

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