> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:psyche-list-admin@;redhat.com] > On Behalf Of Dams > > > I'm in France and i use pptp-adsl-fr-1.0.2-8mdk (i know this is a > mandrake package and this is really wrong, i promise i wont use any > mdk package anymore !:) on a Red Hat 7.2. It works very well. If you > want it you can download it at > http://confiote.ath.cx/~anvil/pptp-adsl-fr-1.0.2-8mdk.src.rpm or > http://confiote.ath.cx/~anvil/pptp-adsl-fr-1.0.2-8mdk.i686.rpm
The open source pptp-client / pptp-linux homepage is http://pptpclient.sourceforge.net/ (yes they have rpms there). I use the source rpm to roll my own rpm. > > > On Tue, 2002-10-01 at 00:53, Roland Knall wrote: > > > > > > > > Sorry to bother, with just a stupid question, but did RH > > > > consider including PPTP support into the distro? > > > > > > Do you mean PPPoE? That's supported. > > > > > No, and I know. > > > > > PPTP isn't supported in the distro, but that's a Microsoft VPN > > > technology... (So what? http://www.microsoft.com/ntserver/ProductInfo/faqs/PPTPfaq.asp#16) The RFC is here: ftp://ftp.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2637.txt for those of you like those kind of readings. > > > > PPTP is just a second method for xDSL connections and needs some > > different configsettings which are not so hard to implement. Just > > wanted to know if this is being planned by RH or not. PPTP / VPN is also used for basic internet connectivity on campuses both in Europe and the US (and probably elsewhere to). So this is not only an xDSL issue. Well, I for one would like the pptp-linux package in the distro. Maybe RH will consider it i the future ... --- marius
