[pptp-server] win2k, pptpd 1.1.2, pppd 2.4.0 and Linux 2.4.2

[robert]

Could some try pptpd 1.01 version rather than 1.1.2 and see if that fixes the 
problem?

On Saturday 31 March 2001 11:31, Christopher Tresco wrote:
> I'm having the exact same problem.  All clients work except Win2K, which
> completely sucks since that is all I use.  There must be a work around that
> doesn't involve losing the encryption.
>
> My pptpd server is right out infront, not behind any NATing
> firewall....although the boxes I am accessing through the tunnel are using
> behind a MASQing firewall.  Should matter really, since all the VPN routing
> is done in the internal interfaces.
>
>
> ^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^
>
> Christopher Tresco
> Head Systems Administrator
> MIT Dept of Economics
> ctresco at mit.edu
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:pptp-server-admin at lists.schulte.org]On Behalf Of robert
> Sent: Saturday, March 31, 2001 12:11 PM
> To: Charlie Brady
> Cc: Keith T. Garner; pptp-server at lists.schulte.org
> Subject: Re: [pptp-server] win2k, pptpd 1.2.2, pppd 2.4.0 and Linux
> 2.4.2
>
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> On Friday 30 March 2001 21:08, Charlie Brady wrote:
> > On Fri, 30 Mar 2001, robert wrote:
> > > Has anyone gotten W2K with encryption working on a pptpd setup running
> > > 2.2 kernel series and/or pppd 2.3 series?
> > >
> > > To answer your question, the setup works fine with both windows 98 and
>
> 95
>
> > > clients.  I don't have access to w2k or me clients to test.
> > >
> > > Out of curiosity, is the w2k using NAT?  According to M$: If the
> > > Virtual Private Network (VPN) client is behind any network device
> > > performing Network Address Translation (NAT), the L2TP session fails
> > > because encrypted IPSec Encapsulating Security Payload (ESP) packets
> > > become corrupted.
> >
> > Perhaps they mean that Authentication Header (AH) packets include an IP
> > component in the hash, and can't be masqueraded. AH packets are another
> > type of IP packet, as are GRE (used by PPTP) and ESP. AH and ESP are part
> > of the IPSec architecture, and may be used by IPSec clients. They could
> > also be wrapped around GRE packets, I guess.
> >
> > Are you use that the M$ posting concerned PPTP VPN, and not IPSEC?
> >
> >   Charlie Brady                         charlieb at e-smith.com
>
> <snip>
>
> Probably yes.  However, since noone seems to know how to fix the problem, I
> figured I take a shot or two into the dark.  Sometimes you get lucky ;)  In
> any case, since IPSec and PPTP serve pretty much the same purpose, a
> solution
> to a problem with one *MIGHT* be a solution to the other.
>
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