On 16 Feb 2010 at 10:12, Chandra Seetharaman wrote:

> I sent it yesterday.. but for whatever reason, it didn't show up in the
> mailing list :(
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------
> On Mon, 2010-02-15 at 14:48 -0800, Chandra Seetharaman wrote:
> 
> Found the issue. I was using the same username and password for both
> directions.
> 
> Read the RFC (RFC 372) and learned that it is not correct.
>    (
>     Any CHAP secret used for initiator authentication MUST NOT be
>     configured for authentication of any target, and any CHAP secret used
>     for target authentication MUST NOT be configured for authentication
>     of any initiator.
>    )
> 
> Changed the username/password to be different on both directions and it does
> connect fine.

That restriction makes sense: If you have multiple initiators using two-
way CHAP, all the initiators would know the other initiator's secrets 
then, effectively making authentication useless. (They could 
authenticate as the other initiator)

Regards,
Ulrich

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