Re: security leak in ppp.log file
> and there they are, so what did I do wrong?
Nothing. A bug in pppd causes it to put the password in the log when using
PAP even if you put a '\q' in front of it. Later versions of pppd fix this
by adding the 'hide-password' option. Edit /etc/ppp/peers/provider and
delete the 'debug' option.
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