In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Lars Eggert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Thanks to Archie and Brian, I now have a working PPTP tunnel up. Here's
> what I changed from the example vpn configuration included in the mpd
> package in /usr/local/etc/mpd/mpd.conf, I thought I'd document this in
> case someone else runs accross the same problem:
[...]
> 4. Change "set link yes chap" to "set link allow chap". Both Archie and
> Brian suggested this; with the change, mpd will allow negotiation with
> remote peers that do not want to CHAP-authenticate themselves (like my
> remote VPN servers, it seems).
The trouble with this is that your password will be sent unencrypted
across the Internet, very possibly hitting a sniffer or two along the
way. It's better to insist on chap and fix the broken peers.
John
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