On Fri, 18 May 2001 17:33:06 -0400 (EDT), [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Howard Eisenberger) wrote:


> Perhaps, simply because there were more options than just PPP. I
> don't see any real advantage in using PAP unless you're too lazy
> or stupid to type in (or script) your username and password. :-)

There is potential real advantage for the ISP in an automatic
process that doesn't require active user input. Many people are
stupid or lazy or both and can manage to confuse and derail the
most straightforward sequence.

Better that it should be done automatically-- or "automagically"
as Michael  would have it. 






Sam Ewalt
Croswell, Michigan, USA
-- Arachne V1.70;rev.3, NON-COMMERCIAL copy, http://arachne.cz/

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