[pptp-server] encryption - doesn't work under linux?? but under w2k - please read

[Phil Van Baren]

> is this still an issue?? does this mean that i can't use PoPToP with
> encryption
> because if i ever get lost/dropped packets, pppd will not recover? perhaps
> this
> question has been answered, but i haven't found it on the list.

That problem is cause by a bug in the ppp_mppe module.  A while back
somebody posted a fix for this, which is to patch up the ppp_mppe.c file and
rebuild that module.  This should fix both the linux client and the linux
server, if you apply the patch to both ends.

The patch is at
http://www.vibres.com/pptpd/ppp_mppe_compressed_data_fix.diff

You can get more details from the FAQ
(http://www.vibres.com/pptpd/pptpd-FAQ.txt) or from http://poptop.lineo.com