[pptp-server] Re: Two quickees...
Matthias Suencksen
msuencks at marcant.de
Wed Nov 1 11:07:16 CST 2000
> I have two quick questions...
>
> 1) I have poptop installed and working on a server using chap
> authentication. Rather than having to add a user to
> /etc/ppp/chap-secrets every time they will use pptp to access our
> network, is there any way to change the authentication to use pap
> instead of chap.
hi.
I don't know if it's possible but it would not be secure because
with PAP the password will be sent in clear over the network.
> My understanding is that I can authenticate via pap to
> /etc/passwd, in addition to having an entry in /etc/ppp/pap-secrets.
> 2) Is there a searchable archive of the list?
poptop.lineo.com - there is a search box in the mailing list section.
Matthias
> Thanks,
> Ken McCord
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