anthony wrote:
For some time I've been trying to use pptp-linux to connect as a client to my office VPN (don't ask me what flavour VPN server this is running the Network admin won't tell me)According to this howto until kernel 2.6.15 you needed a patch to run it correctlyhttp://pptpclient.sourceforge.net/howto-debian-build.phtml I am running Debian Etch Kernel 2.6.15-1-486 on an x22 thinkpad'MPPE (Microsoft Point-to-Point Encryption) support requires an additionnal kernel module, provided by package kernel-patch-mppe or in linux kernel version 2.6.15 and above.'The support should be built in, no?
Hi Anthony,I use the PPTP VPN via the MPPE kernel module all the time to login to work. I've recompiled my 2.6.15 kernel, but I'm pretty sure I just installed the Debian source packages.
Via apt-show-versions, I see I've got the following installed: linux-source-2.6.15/etch uptodate 2.6.15-8 linux-patch-debian-2.6.15/etch uptodate 2.6.15-8linux-image-2.6.15.2006.04.19 2.6.15.2006.04.19-10.00.Custom installed: No available version in archive
(that last one is my recompiled 2.6.15 kernel from the previous source packages).
What I guess I don't know is whether the Debian binary kernels have the MPPE compiled in or not. But if you were going to compile your own kernel anyway, I know that you don't need to apply any special patches to get MPPE working if you're using the Debian Linux source packages.
Thanks, Rick Reynolds --There is no reason ever to have the same thought twice, unless you like having that thought. -- David Allen