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From: Hiten Pandya <hitmaster2k@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: docs/31607: /etc/ppp/pap-secrets needs IP field, which is not listed 
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The following reply was made to PR docs/31607; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Hiten Pandya <hitmaster2k@yahoo.com>
To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, razor@ldc.ro, doc@FreeBSD.org
Cc:  
Subject: Re: docs/31607: /etc/ppp/pap-secrets needs IP field, which is not listed 
 as mandatory
Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2001 22:37:22 +0000

 The last field (the fourth field) is not must, but it is only
 used in special cases when the user has been given an ip
 address my their ISP.  As most ISPs do not allow the user to
 assign IP addresses;  the IP addresses are picked out from an
 IP Pool at the ISPs end.
 
 The following is a typical format of the ppp-secrets file:
 
 # Secrets for authentication using PAP
 # client     server     secret     acceptable_local_IP_addresses
 
 Summary: The use of the fourth field is to _force_ the ppp server
 to assign the ip address provided in field.  It is very
 unlikely (security matters), that ppp servers would allow a
 remote client to set the IP number they are to be given.
 
 Note: This PR can now be succefully closed after clarifying the
 issue regarding the fourth field of the /etc/pap-secrets file.
 
 If any one who is reading this followup-trail would like to
 clarify this with external sources, i would suggest you start out
 with http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/PPP-HOWTO/, which is a good
 source on PPP related information.
 
 Thanks,
 =Hiten
 =<hiten@uk.FreeBSD.org>

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