[pptp-server] LINUX PPTPD VS NT PPTP

Rainer Schoepf schoepf at uni-mainz.de
Wed Mar 8 02:34:09 CST 2000


Sergio Dominguez writes:

 >   Thing is, now my boss is asking pros and cons about using
 > Linux instead of NT for PPTP, so I dont know ir for sure.

One Pro for NT that might or might not be relevant: you can
authenticate against the NT domain controller. 

If Linux PPTP could do that it would be perfect. Unfortunately, it's
nontrivial to implement, especially with MS-CHAPv2.

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