[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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