[pptp-server] Debian pptp package?

Ralph Winslow ralphw at cnet.com
Tue Feb 20 10:04:05 CST 2001


On Tue, 20 Feb 2001, Tamas SZERB wrote:

On my libranet distribution, I get

root at rjw# apt-get source pptp
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
E: Unable to find a source package for pptp

Mayhap this is because I'm mainly potato?  In any case, thanks for the info
for when it HAS arrived in my local dist.

> Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2001 16:28:25 +0100 (CET)
> From: Tamas SZERB <toma at rulez.org>
> To: Chris Wood <cwood at wencor.com>
> Cc: pptp-server at lists.schulte.org
> Subject: Re: [pptp-server] Debian pptp package?
>
> On Mon, 19 Feb 2001, Chris Wood wrote:
>
> >
> > I noticed that Debian has the pptp package now.  Does anyone know what
> > level of encryption it uses?  I know some of the patches I applied were to
> > ppp itself.  Life would be simpler if I could use the Debian package and
> > dselect, since last time I ran dselect it updated my ppp which broke my
> > pptp setup.
>
> no, it has no mppe patch to the pppd -- the ppp makes the encryption
> itself.
>
> but you can download the debian source package eg. with the ``apt-get
> source pptp'' command, and you'll need some other packages such as
> fakeroot and debhelper, and the you can ``fakeroot debian/rules binary''
> use to create the package from the unpacked source tree.
>
> at last, you need:
>
> ``echo pppd hold|dpkg --set-selection'' to not upgrade the this modified
> pppd (now with mppe encryption) - but be careful and keep tracking the
> bugs and security exploits, and etc.
>
> --
> VWOL
> Tamas SZERB <toma at rulez.org>
> GPG public key: http://alabama.rulez.org/~toma/gpgkey-toma.asc
>
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