[pptp-server] Optimizing pppd for PPTP

Patrick Reid P.J.Reid at earthling.net
Thu Mar 16 05:22:47 CST 2000


Here are two "I wishes" which don't seem to be possible. Please, if they
are, could someone fill me in on the "how?"

1) Require 128-bit, stateless encryption on the server side
	I can refuse 40-bit encryption, but I can't keep someone from connecting
with no encryption or in stateful mode (i.e. only one key). I know it is
possible to force my clients to only use strong encryption, but this doesn't
keep people from trying to exploit the PPTP security issues for Microsoft's
implementation.

2) Somehow integrate DHCP leases with the IP address assignment in pppd.
	It would be wonderful if those IP addresses which are currently assigned to
a PPTP connection could be in the dhcpd.leases file, so the script I run
which keeps my DNS tables up on DHCP leases could also be integrated with
the pppd IP assignments.

Patrick Reid - mailto:PReid at candesco.com
Candesco Research Corp.
Communication Centre: <http://www.mirabilis.com/1052176>





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