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 ----- "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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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