From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 22 18:49:44 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 BEC8437B401 for ; Tue, 22 Jul 2003 18:49:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: from eagle.sasktel.net (eagle.sasktel.net [142.165.19.3]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 07AD643F75 for ; Tue, 22 Jul 2003 18:49:44 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from topcat@sk.sympatico.ca) Received: from sk.sympatico.ca (regnsk01d05030132.sk.sympatico.ca [142.165.28.32]) by eagle.sasktel.net (SaskTel Mail Service) with ESMTP id <0HIG00L0DFJNLY@eagle.sasktel.net> for net@freebsd.org; Tue, 22 Jul 2003 19:45:25 -0600 (CST) Content-return: allowed Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2003 19:45:24 -0600 From: TOPCAT CONSULTING Sender: root@regnsk01d05030132.sk.sympatico.ca To: Brett Glass Message-id: <3F1DE8B3.444354FC@sk.sympatico.ca> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.08 [en] (X11; I; FreeBSD 3.1-RELEASE i386) Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT References: <200307181604.KAA13438@lariat.org> <0AF1BBDF1218F14E9B4CCE414744E70F1F3DF4@exchange.wanglobal.net> <200307181604.KAA13438@lariat.org> <4.3.2.7.2.20030722194139.03a7a860@localhost> 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 01:49:45 -0000 Brett Glass wrote: > 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 ditto!