Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2001 14:14:31 -0400 (EDT) From: Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> To: John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com> Cc: net@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Solution (RE: VPN client with mpd) Message-ID: <200109251814.f8PIEVJ77448@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> In-Reply-To: <200109251809.f8PI9Rl19337@vashon.polstra.com> References: <PCELJJEJJMODEMKEBLLBIEDHCAAA.larse@isi.edu> <200109251809.f8PI9Rl19337@vashon.polstra.com>
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<<On Tue, 25 Sep 2001 11:09:27 -0700 (PDT), John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com> said: > The trouble with this is that your password will be sent unencrypted > across the Internet, very possibly hitting a sniffer or two along the > way. It's better to insist on chap and fix the broken peers. Actually, no: the other side, which considers itself a server, doesn't want to authenticate *itself* in any way to clients (since Windows clients have no way to accept server authentication). It's perfectly happy to have clients authenticate themselves. -GAWollman To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message
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