From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 22 18:43:15 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CE76B37B401; Tue, 22 Jul 2003 18:43:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: from lariat.org (lariat.org [63.229.157.2]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D1A1343F93; Tue, 22 Jul 2003 18:43:14 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from brett@lariat.org) Received: from mustang.lariat.org (IDENT:ppp1000.lariat.org@lariat.org [63.229.157.2]) by lariat.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id TAA29487; Tue, 22 Jul 2003 19:43:08 -0600 (MDT) X-message-flag: Warning! Use of Microsoft Outlook renders your system susceptible to Internet worms. Message-Id: <4.3.2.7.2.20030722194139.03a7a860@localhost> X-Sender: brett@localhost X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 4.3.2 Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2003 19:43:05 -0600 To: Ruslan Ermilov From: Brett Glass In-Reply-To: <20030722212917.GB96342@sunbay.com> References: <200307181604.KAA13438@lariat.org> <0AF1BBDF1218F14E9B4CCE414744E70F1F3DF4@exchange.wanglobal.net> <200307181604.KAA13438@lariat.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" cc: net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: NAT and PPTP X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2003 01:43:16 -0000 At 03:29 PM 7/22/2003, Ruslan Ermilov wrote: >Why not just use mpd? Because it's completely inadequate as a server. It needs one Netgraph node, and a complete configuration, for every possible client that might ever connect to it. And if lots of clients connect, it eats tons of kernel RAM. We might use mpd as a client, but not a server. --Brett