[pptp-server] The computer you're dialing in to does not support the data encryption requirements specified.

[Steve Host]

Then someone suggest something.

Why would loading the options from an external file in pptp.conf break
encryption?


----- Original Message -----
From: "Charlie Brady" <charlieb at e-smith.com>
To: "Steve Host" <shost at intellimec.com>
Cc: <pptp-server at lists.schulte.org>
Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2001 12:26 PM
Subject: Re: [pptp-server] The computer you're dialing in to does not
support the data encryption requirements specified.


>
> On Thu, 25 Oct 2001, Steve Host wrote:
>
> > Check your /etc/pptpd.conf. If you have a line:
> > options /etc/ppp/pptpd.options
> >
> > and in this option file you have your PPTPD options such as nolock,
+chapms,
> > +chapmsv2, mppe-40, mppe-128, etc
> > and you also have your /etc/ppp/options file (should be pretty empty),
then
> > there lies your problem:
> >
> > Remove that options /etc/ppp/pptpd.options file from your ppptpd.conf
and
> > instead, take that pptpd.options file and append it to your
> > /etc/ppp/options. In other words, only use one options file for PPP, not
> > two.
> >
> > This (for some reason unknown) fixed my problem and data encryption
seems to
> > work fine now.
> >
> > So this brings closure for me.
>
> For you perhaps. But that will cause problems for anyone who uses pppd for
> anything else, e.g. for creating a dialup link to an ISP. Requiring mppe,
> chapmsv2, etc for an ISP dialup link is sure to cause problems.
>
> Although this may have solved your problem, I'd advise you to seek another
> solution.
>
> --
>
> Charlie Brady                         charlieb at e-smith.com
> Lead Product Developer
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