On Sat, 20 Jan 2001, Richard Menedetter wrote:
> Hi
>
> 20 Jan 2001, "Thomas Mueller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> TM> Is it correct that PAP, CHAP and MS-CHAP can get the DNS IP addresses
> TM> at time of connect?
> yes
While PAP and CHAP are user authorizartion schemes implemented
within the ppp negotiations, they don't have anything to do with
dns.
It's ppp itself (since version 2.3.7) which _can_ harvest the
dns IP if sent:
* Added new option `usepeerdns', thanks to Nick Walker
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. If the peer supplies DNS addresses, these
will be written to /etc/ppp/resolv.conf. The ip-up script can then
be used to add these addresses to /etc/resolv.conf if desired (see
the ip-up.local.add and ip-down.local.add files in the scripts
directory).
DNS addresses RARELY change. To get and write the exact same
data *EVERY* time you login is just stupid... though apparently
"necessary" given the level of computer literacy of most Windoze
users today.
Now, for the caveat... One of the numbers I dial to my ISP
has always sent the dns IP's over ppp. The other one, until
recently, did not, yet my wife has always been able to connect to
that number with her computer, and I don't recall ever having
entered the DNS address anywhere on her machine. MS-CHAP?
Could be.
> I have not seen any OS that can NOT do it.
> In other words ALL OSes _can_ do it. (including dos, qnx and linux)
I think you're confusing IP address here with DNS address.
- Steve
