Quoting Paul Mackerras <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Well, using the `auth' option means that you want the peer (your ISP)
> to authenticate itself to you. In that case pppd checks to see if
> there is any way that the peer could authenticate itself, before it
> goes and wastes your money by dialling the peer.
Well I try to fiddle around making my own scripts but it
doesn't hurt to look at others and this is a comment to to
"auth" option from a sample (usernet?) options file - and
this option is enabled in there by default:
# Require the peer to authenticate itself before allowing
# network packets to be sent or received. Please do not
# disable this setting. It is expected to be standard in
# future releases of pppd. Use the call option (see
# manpage) to disable authentication for specific peers.
So judging from this I thought it would be a wise thing to
have ?
> > Same thing happens if I use "noauth" or "require-pap" etc.
>
> It's very strange if you really do still get the message when you use
> the `noauth' option, since it explicitly says that the peer doesn't
> have to authenticate itself and can use any IP address it likes. (I
> try to discourage its use since it can open up vulnerabilities if it
> isn't used carefully.)
Sorry for the inaccuracy, it was my mistake - I just tried to put it
in again and no problem.
Morten
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