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securing pppd (was: Re: [ILUG] VPN Networks)

securing pppd (was: Re: [ILUG] VPN Networks)

kevin lyda kevin+dated+1040134103.a7cffb at ie.suberic.net
Thu Dec 12 14:09:03 GMT 2002


On Wed, Dec 11, 2002 at 08:09:57PM -0800, Rick Moen wrote:
> I'm glad you said that, rather than me.  When I said pretty much the
> exact same thing on the Silicon Valley Linux User Group's mailing list,
> I got flamed up one side and down the other as simultaneously
> "ignorant", "wrong", and "elitist".  But here's some ammunition:
> http://www.counterpane.com/pptp.html

you wouldn't want to get security advice from a secuirty expert,
would you?  the pretty pictures on the well laid out flyers are so much
more accessible.

back in the real world...

i recently learned that you can add crypto to pppd (and thereby to pppoe).
what quality is it - are there any papers people would recommend reading
on it?

kevin

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