Date: Thu, 22 Jun 1995 22:58:30 +0200 (MET DST) From: J Wunsch <j@uriah.heep.sax.de> To: brian@arl.wustl.edu (Brian Gottlieb) Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PPP password security Message-ID: <199506222058.WAA25560@uriah.heep.sax.de> In-Reply-To: <9506221445.AA08162@beru.wustl.edu> from "Brian Gottlieb" at Jun 22, 95 09:45:55 am
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As Brian Gottlieb wrote: > > So now I am thinking of adding a "set passwd" command to the program. > So the first time I run it (with -auto), then connect, I set the login > script, and set the password. On subsequent connections, it will use > that password instead of going to the ppp.secret file. [...] Well, this makes sense, but don't forget to add a timeout option to the daemon. Otherwise, it will prevent the system from auto-booting after a panic or power-fail. (And yes, there are still people who like to run their machines unattended. :) -- cheers, J"org joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)
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