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Date:      Wed, 23 Jun 1999 14:30:00 +0930 (CST)
From:      Kris Kennaway <kkennawa@physics.adelaide.edu.au>
To:        Raymond Wiker <raymond@orion.no>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Microsux PPTP sessions trough IPFW + NATD
Message-ID:  <Pine.OSF.4.10.9906231426050.23660-100000@bragg>
In-Reply-To: <14191.36549.537424.458064@foobar.orion.no>

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On Tue, 22 Jun 1999, Raymond Wiker wrote:

> 	We tried to use Micros**t PPTP to connect two offices over the 
> internet. It didn't work; from the symptoms it appeared that an
> intermediate router filtered out PPTP packets. In the end we gave up
> and used PPP over SSH instead... This works well, and I have a lot
> more trust in this solution than anything that Micros**t could cook
> up.

And rightly so, too. Whoever designed the M$ PPTP protocol needs to be taken
out back and shot through the head.

See the analysis at http://www.counterpane.com (website seems to be
unreachable as I type this or I'd post the exact URL).

Kris

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"Never criticize anybody until you have walked a mile in their shoes,
because by that time you will be a mile away and have their shoes."
    -- Unknown



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