[pptp-server] MPPE compression

[Justin Kreger]

No, If memory serves, MPPE was hacked from the deflate code....

MPPC is much more like VJ-Comp, but used on the entire packet with a
sliding window compression library.



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


On Wed, 29 Aug 2001, George Vieira wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> Sorry if I'm not reading my mail carefully but on the discussion of MPPE and
> compression, my Syslog Monitor software under Windows has just shown up a
> message from PPP which I never noticed before and SM tells me it's "unknown
> syslog" so that tells me it's a first time it's gotten this too.
> 
> It's the message:
> 
> MPPE 128 bit, stateless receive compression enabled
> 
> I (nor my software) have never noticed this message before, does this mean
> compression with encryption is now on?
> 
> Funny enough, my MPPE dying problems are now over.. the !DAMN! CPU fan had
> disconnected and the CPU kept over heating which weirdly stopped the MPPE
> and eventually killing the CPU (Lucky it's a little Pent 233 CPU and
> cheap)....
> 
> Now my MPPE problems are over.. funny how hardware faults trigger weird
> problems in software...?????
> 
> thanks,
> George Vieira
> Network Engineer
> Citadel Computer Systems P/L
> PH +(61)2 9955 2644
> FX +(61)2 9955 2659
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