RE: PPTP with ppp 2.4.0f-1 and pptp-linux 1.0.2-3

["Ross Smith" <ross@uprizer.com>]

Jord,

These links that may help:

http://bmrc.berkeley.edu/people/chaffee/linux_pptp.html

http://lists2.schulte.org/pipermail/pptp-server/2000-September/003342.html

ftp://ftp.paranoid.nl/linux/pptpd

We have it working with kernel 2.2.17.  I'm interested in hearing if this patch will work with 2.2.18 (or 2.2.16 which will tell me
if 2.2.18 is a possibility).

Good luck,

Ross

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jordan [mailto:jordan.howarth@cmis.csiro.au]
>
> Sorry if this is an FAQ but I am losing hair on this one. Is ppp
> 2.4.0f-1 from the testing distribution compiled with the mppe patches?
>
> I am running Debian potato with 2.2.16 kernel that has been compiled
> with the various modules for tunneling.  I have installed pptp-linux
> and ppp-2.4.0f-1 from the testing distribution but am still having
> problems connecting to my VPN server at work.
>
> I have read that the solution may rest with fixing pppd with the mppe
> patches from http://www.scooter.cx/alpha/pptp.html . However, I have
> also read that Debian demigods have poo-pooed these - I have been
> unable to locate information regarding Debian's solution to the
> problem of MS' use of non-standard authentication.
>
> I would appreciate any help.
>
> Jord