From owner-freebsd-net Wed Feb 7 21:42:30 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from InterJet.dellroad.org (adsl-63-194-81-26.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net [63.194.81.26]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E6B2437B503 for ; Wed, 7 Feb 2001 21:42:12 -0800 (PST) Received: from curve.dellroad.org (curve.dellroad.org [10.1.1.30]) by InterJet.dellroad.org (8.9.1a/8.9.1) with ESMTP id VAA57618; Wed, 7 Feb 2001 21:42:12 -0800 (PST) Received: (from archie@localhost) by curve.dellroad.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) id VAA54671; Wed, 7 Feb 2001 21:42:11 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from archie) From: Archie Cobbs Message-Id: <200102080542.VAA54671@curve.dellroad.org> Subject: Re: pptp server In-Reply-To: "from Olivier Cherrier at Feb 7, 2001 10:06:53 pm" To: Olivier Cherrier Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2001 21:42:11 -0800 (PST) Cc: "'freebsd-net'" X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL77 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Olivier Cherrier writes: > Ho, I think that I found my problem ... maybe > In fact, the "mppe encryption" is included in the MS-Chap protocol, isn't it MPPE encryption piggybacks on MPPC compression. You can have either or both of 'E' and/or 'C'. Mpd only supports 'E' because 'C' requires proprietary files. MS-CHAP is required *for* MPPE encryption, in order to generate the keys. > 22:14:37.384949 mirador.cediti.be > 193.190.156.147: gre-proto-0x880B (gre > encap) > > Is this the proof that the communication is encrypted ? (sorry for this > newbie question but I am't a guru .... not yet -:) No, the encryption is only of the inner payload. > It is surprising because on the windows client side, I set in the security > option: > _ Optional encryption (If I want "require encryption", the error > "encryption not supported by server" occurs) > _ Allow these protocols: MS-CHAP > > So, if I am right, MS-CHAP includes MPPE encryption even if encryption is > not explicitely set; don't it ? No. -Archie __________________________________________________________________________ Archie Cobbs * Packet Design * http://www.packetdesign.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message