Date: Wed, 02 Apr 1997 21:49:22 +0100 From: Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.org> To: dennis <dennis@etinc.com> Cc: fyeung@fyeung8.netific.com (Francis Yeung), brian@awfulhak.org, dev@fgate.flevel.co.uk, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: PPP Desperate for help! Message-ID: <199704022049.VAA14200@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 02 Apr 1997 11:34:17 CDT." <3.0.32.19970402113410.00b716e0@etinc.com>
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> At 07:19 AM 4/2/97 -0800, Francis Yeung wrote:
> >
> >
> >Greetings,
> >
> > Will you have the magic number problem if you
> >connect 2 FreeBSD machines directly via PPP ? (both
> >machines are in LCP active)
> >
> > Francis
>
> What "magic number" problem are you referring to?
>
> db
>From rfc1663:
[.....]
Every link in a single machine MUST have different Magic Numbers, and
each end of every link between two peers SHOULD have Magic Numbers
which are unique to those peers. This protects against patch-panel
errors in addition to looped-back links.
[.....]
--
Brian <brian@awfulhak.org>, <brian@freebsd.org>
<http://www.awfulhak.demon.co.uk/>;
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....
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