[pptp-server] pptpd and Encryption

[Scott M. Stone]

On Tue, 7 Mar 2000, Ryan Matijcio wrote:

> 
> Whats required to get pptpd and a Windows 2000 client to do an encrypted
> pptp session?  I got my pptpd server working, and the Windows 2000 box seems
> to connect fine when set to optional encyrption.  When I set it to connect
> only if there is encyrption it doesn't work.  ie.  2000 disconnects because
> it can't establish an excrypted session with the pptpd server.  I'm running
> pppd 2.3.10 from the Redhat 6.1 installation.

you have to patch pppd for encryption, see the poptop homepage...

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Scott M. Stone, CCNA <sstone at taos.com>
UNIX Systems and Network Engineer
Taos - The SysAdmin Company