Bill Leach writes: > One question that I have: Is it true that ALL ISPs that use chap or pap > authentication also do not require an initial login? I don't personally > know of any exceptions but I also don't see any technical reason why it > would not be possible to use chap following login.
I've never heard of it and can think of no reason anyone would do it, but I believe it is possible. As long as the client has the right stuff in pap-secrets, it should work fine on Linux. I doubt Windows could handle it, though, which makes it *very* unlikely anyone would use it. > The "non-login" modes are probably much more straight forward (though I > note that bo examples and docs did not seem to even recognize that there > was such a thing). PAP and CHAP are very simple, and rapidly becoming the most common system. I don't understand why they are not documented. > Is there any chance that there is a "non-authenticated" ppp initiation > followed by a login in use? I can't see how that would work. What would you log in to? Once the link is up you are connected directly to his kernel. -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler) Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, WI -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
