From owner-freebsd-stable Tue Jun 22 22: 0:35 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from adelphi.physics.adelaide.edu.au (adelphi.physics.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.36.247]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 63DBE154D2 for ; Tue, 22 Jun 1999 22:00:31 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kkennawa@physics.adelaide.edu.au) Received: from bragg (bragg [129.127.36.34]) by adelphi.physics.adelaide.edu.au (8.8.8/8.8.8/UofA-1.5) with SMTP id OAA14070; Wed, 23 Jun 1999 14:30:28 +0930 (CST) Received: from localhost by bragg; (5.65/1.1.8.2/05Aug95-0227PM) id AA27309; Wed, 23 Jun 1999 14:30:00 +0930 Date: Wed, 23 Jun 1999 14:30:00 +0930 (CST) From: Kris Kennaway X-Sender: kkennawa@bragg To: Raymond Wiker Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Microsux PPTP sessions trough IPFW + NATD In-Reply-To: <14191.36549.537424.458064@foobar.orion.no> Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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