Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2002 12:18:20 -0400 From: Brad Laue <brad@brad-x.com> To: "Jacques A. Vidrine" <nectar@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: /usr/sbin/ppp and /usr/sbin/pppd Message-ID: <3D480DCC.2010108@brad-x.com> References: <3D48015F.4020602@brad-x.com> <20020731161326.GB5957@madman.nectar.cc>
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Jacques A. Vidrine wrote: >On Wed, Jul 31, 2002 at 11:25:19AM -0400, Brad Brad wrote: > > >>Question about these. >> >>These two seem to serve the same purpose. /usr/sbin/ppp seems to be the >>more advanced and secure of the two, especially in light of the security >>advisory (02:32) regarding /usr/sbin/pppd. >> >>Do we need to keep it? >> >> > >yes, each ppp implementation has its pluses and minuses. pppd, for its >part, is standard around BSD and many Linux distributions, and it is >efficient as most packet processing occurs in the kernel. > >cheers, > > Can 2.4.0 work with FreeBSD? It would be good to keep current with that pppd if it's possible (although I haven't tried it). Cheers, Brad -- // -- http://www.BRAD-X.com/ -- // To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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