[pptp-server] Data Compression

[Michael Walter]

I did a bit of playing with this, I don't believe that pppd can support
microsofts mppc compressionm scheme.  From the pppd readme:
 
Compression methods.
********************

This package supports two packet compression methods: Deflate and
BSD-Compress.  Other compression methods which are in common use
include Predictor, LZS, and MPPC.  These methods are not supported for
two reasons - they are patent-encumbered, and they cause some packets
to expand slightly, which pppd doesn't currently allow for.
BSD-Compress is also patent-encumbered (its inclusion in this package
can be considered a historical anomaly :-) but it doesn't ever expand
packets.  Neither does Deflate, which uses the same algorithm as gzip.

 

Thanks, 

Michael J. Walter 
rhce mcse mcp+i a+ 
Network Administrator 
Gliatech, Inc. 
23420 Commerce Park Rd. 
Beachwood, Ohio 44122 
Tel: (216) 831-3200 
Email: walterm at gliatech.com 

-----Original Message-----
From: Chris [mailto:gsi22642 at gsaix2.cc.gasou.edu]
Sent: Monday, August 28, 2000 4:51 AM
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Subject: [pptp-server] Data Compression


Does PoPTop support data compression ?

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