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To: "Lenzi, Sergio" <lenzi@bsi.com.br>
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Subject: Re: pppd & natd problem turnaround.. 
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Date: Mon, 09 Jun 1997 05:16:40 +0100
From: Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.org>
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> 
> Hello all.
> 
> I have seen some messages dealing with pppd & natd panicing FreeBSD 2.2
> systems.
> 
> The problem arises when a negative m->m_len value is reveived in function
> pppfcs in module sys/net/ppp_tty.c 
> 
> A turnaround is to replace m_len to ZERO whenever is less then zero.
> 
> I know it is not the best, but it works for now.
> 
> Here is the patch.
[.....]

I've updated it to -current and 2.2.  Thanks.  As you say, it prevents
a panic !

> 
> Sergio Lenzi.
> 
> Unix consult.
> 

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