[pptp-server] MPPE died

[Justin Kreger]

Weird...... go into /boot
cat System.map-2.4.5|grep mppe
and see if it is compiled in.

pptpd isent even in the kernel, but I bet we could try submitting ppp_mppe
to linus......

Justin Kreger, MCP MCSE CCNA
jkreger at earthling.2y.net jwkreger at uncg.edu justin at wss.net


On Fri, 29 Jun 2001, George Vieira wrote:

> Great thanks for that. Not restarting anything or rebooting as such but the
> thing has started to work now??? Real weird.
> 
> I tried all sorts to get encryption to work and it wouldn't do it.. even
> using linux as a pptp client wouldn't register the MPPE at connection.
> After that day I happen to connect and it started!!! ARGH!.. damn it..
> 
> 1 thing I noticed that I "rmmod ppp_mppe" and it pops back in within seconds
> and yet reconnecting didn't work... later that day it starts to work
> again... hmm...??
> 
> 
> Hopefully one day pptpd will be shipped on these newer kernels.. yeah yeah
> hint hint..
> 
> thanks,
> George Vieira
> Network Engineer
> Citadel Computer Systems P/L
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Justin Kreger [mailto:lists at earthling.2y.net]
> Sent: Friday, June 29, 2001 9:19 AM
> To: George Vieira
> Cc: PPTP List (E-mail)
> Subject: Re: [pptp-server] MPPE died
> 
> 
> Could be something in the module api that has changed between kernel
> revisions.....  It would have been nice if MPPE was in the kernel tree so
> it was ported.  Only thing I can recommend is somebody rip open the
> ppp_mppe.c and add LOTS of debugging in... try and figure out what it's
> doing when dying.  
> 
> 
> Best bets, mppe_initialize_key or mppe_comp_init has a problem... I would
> start there.
> 
> BTW, It's showing up as a module for you?  I upgraded a 2.2 to 2.4 box,
> and it was compiled in......  This box that I have to go test 2.4 on it,
> will be running 2.4.5 and pppd 2.4.1, I will let you know how it goes
> tommarrow afternoon.  ( I did cat the system map, and it is compiled in
> from what I can tell).
> 
> Justin Kreger, MCP MCSE CCNA
> jkreger at earthling.2y.net jwkreger at uncg.edu justin at wss.net
> 
> 
> On Thu, 28 Jun 2001, George Vieira wrote:
> 
> > 
> > 
> > Hey y'all,
> > 
> > Anybody having troubles where MPPE is registered in "lsmod" but not firing
> > up anymore when connections come in? It was working until last night and
> it
> > seems to keep dying?
> > 
> > Kernel 2.4.5, pppd 2.4.1
> > 
> > thanks,
> > George Vieira
> > Network Engineer
> > Citadel Computer Systems P/L
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