[pptp-server] PPTP and Kernel 2.4 - with encryption

[C. Linus Hicks]

On 21 Sep 2001 07:09:03 +0530, Murali K. Vemuri wrote:
> hey......
> you need to add the mppe encryption patches to the PPP . this is because the PPP
> server itself is not having any enrtyption. when i had the same problem, a few
> days ago, i did the same and it works!
> cheers then
> murali krishna vemuri
> 
> Benjamin Johnson wrote:
> 
> > Hi guys,
> >
> > I've got a vpn up and running just how I want it with ppp-2.3.11 and
> > pptpd-1.0.1 and I'm happy with it. However I want to add encryption and have
> > been trying for the last two days to get it working with no sucess. I am
> > running RedHat 7.1 with the stock 2.4.2-2 kernel. Can someone let me know the
> > series of things I have to do to get the encryption working as I feel I have
> > tried everything.
> >
> > Do I need to patch the kernel, or do I simply need to patch and then
> > re-compile PPP? Obviously I don't mind moving to a newer kernel, ppp and or
> > pptpd.
> >

If you check the version requirements for your kernel, you will notice
the minimum version for ppp is 2.4.0. I don't know if that's causing
your problem, but I have it working with 2.4.9-ac9 kernel, 2.4.1 ppp,
and 1.0.1 pptp.