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diff --git a/net/ppp-mppe/DESCR b/net/ppp-mppe/DESCR new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..65c80d56bda --- /dev/null +++ b/net/ppp-mppe/DESCR @@ -0,0 +1,23 @@ +The Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) provides a standard way to establish a +network connection over a serial link. At present, this package supports +IP and the protocols layered above IP, such as TCP and UDP. + +This software consists of two parts: + - Loadable Kernel module, which establishes a network interface and + passes packets between the serial port, the kernel networking code and + the PPP daemon (pppd). + - The PPP daemon (pppd), which negotiates with the peer to establish the + link and sets up the ppp network interface. Pppd includes support for + authentication, so you can control which other systems may make a PPP + connection and what IP addresses they may use. + +This version is patched to support MPPE: + MPPE - Microsoft Point-to-Point Encryption uses rc4 (40 or 128 bit) as a + bi-directional encryption algorithm. The keys are based on your MS-CHAP + authentication info, so you must use chapms or chapms-v2. + +MPPE is NOT a particularly secure mode of operation. For maximum possible +security using MPPE, it is advised in the RFC's to use the highest mode of +encryption that is legal, and to enable stateless mode (which renogotiates +keys with every packet). Even with these precautions, MPPE is not very +secure, but anything is better than nothing, right? |