Bug#126406: kppp: Alternative for using noauth as suggested by README
On Sun, Apr 18, 2004 at 14:06:24 +0200, Dominique Devriese wrote:
>
> What do you think about this text for
> /usr/share/doc/kppp/README.Debian ( replacing the current text about
> the issue ) ?
>
> kppp and immediate disconnects
> ==============================
>
> The ppp protocol includes an authentication scheme. Users of a ppp
> daemon are supposed to check the authentication of the user on the
> other end. However, some ISP's don't bother to properly send this
> authentication, because most clients don't check it anyway. The Linux
> version does check it by default, leading to immediate disconnects.
> The solution to this is to set the noauth option in your kppp
> configuration. However, in order for this to work ( "noauth" is a
> priviledged option of the ppp daemon ), you need to add "privgroup
> dip" to /etc/ppp/options and/or files like /etc/ppp/options.ttyS0 (For
> example).
>
> Feel free to submit an improved version of the above text if you think
> it is not clear enough, or if there are errors in it or if you have
> other remarks.
Hello!
a good text. Still, I tried to improve the first part containing the
explanation of the problem somewhat. Maybe you want to use part of my
suggestion:
The ppp protocol includes an authentication scheme. That is, your ISP
requires the ppp program running on your machine to authenticate
itself using username and password you were given by your ISP. By
default, your local ppp program also requires the ISP to authenticate
itself. This is because linux ppp is also used on dialin servers. But
for your ISP is does not make sense to authenticate to you, leading to
immediate disconnects. The solution...
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Ernst Kloppenburg
Stuttgart, Germany
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