Date: Tue, 03 Aug 1999 23:42:05 -0700 From: Kent Stewart <kstewart@3-cities.com> To: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org> Cc: Brian Somers <brian@FreeBSD.org.uk>, "Andy V. Oleynik" <andyo@prime.net.ua>, "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: MPPC? Message-ID: <37A7E0BD.F56840B8@3-cities.com> References: <199908040025.BAA02843@keep.lan.Awfulhak.org>
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Brian Somers wrote: > > > > > > > Brian Somers wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Hi everybody, > > > > I have leased port2port line to my customer. > > > > Link is up with userland ppp. Everything is Ok > > > > but the compression from customer's side (M$ NT, RAS) > > > > is not recognized: > > > > Aug 3 11:53:27 mogos-link ppp0[6255]: tun1: CCP: deflink: > > > > RecvConfigReq(4) state = Stopped > > > > Aug 3 11:53:27 mogos-link ppp0[6255]: tun1: CCP: MPPC[6] > > > > Aug 3 11:53:27 mogos-link ppp0[6255]: tun1: CCP: deflink: > > > > SendConfigReq(1) state = Stopped > > > > Aug 3 11:53:27 mogos-link ppp0[6255]: tun1: CCP: [EMPTY] > > > > Aug 3 11:53:27 mogos-link ppp0[6255]: tun1: CCP: deflink: > > > > SendConfigRej(4) state = Stopped > > > > Aug 3 11:53:27 mogos-link ppp0[6255]: tun1: CCP: MPPC[6] > > > > Aug 3 11:53:27 mogos-link ppp0[6255]: tun1: CCP: deflink: LayerStart. > > > > Is there workarounds? > > > > > > It's recognised, it's just not implemented because M$ explicitly > > > disallow people to implement the code without being a company that's > > > willing to sign an NDA. > > > > Brian, > > > > Have you seen http://www.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc2118.txt > > I have indeed. I especially like the bit that says > > 1.1. Licensing > > MPPC can only be used in products that implement the Point to Point > Protocol AND for the sole purpose of interoperating with other MPPC > and Point to Point Protocol implementations. > > Source and object licenses are available on a non-discriminatory > basis from Stac Electronics. Please contact: > > Cheryl Poland > Stac Electronics > 12636 High Bluff Drive, > San Deigo, CA 92130 > Phone: (619)794-4534 > Email: cherylp@stac.com > > I contacted Cheryl and she told me that I was *not* allowed to > implement the algorithm without a license and that a license was only > available under NDA - ie, if I write the code, it can't be free. > > If anyone can convince Stac to give me a license, I'll write the code. That's too bad. With the attitude that most have towards the FreeNix's, you would expect more cooperation. I look at it as a get the little person's attention and they get the bigger vendor's minds follow along. Kent > > > Kent > [.....] > > -- > Brian <brian@Awfulhak.org> <brian@FreeBSD.org> > <http://www.Awfulhak.org>; <brian@OpenBSD.org> > Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour ! <brian@FreeBSD.org.uk> > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Kent Stewart Richland, WA mailto:kstewart@3-cities.com http://www.3-cities.com/~kstewart/index.html SETI(Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) @ HOME http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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