++ 07/03/01 10:30 +0800 - Mike Holland:
> On Wed, 7 Mar 2001, Gonzalo Servat wrote:
>
> > It's not really whether they are Linux-friendly or not. Most (if not
> > all) ISPs support PAP and/or CHAP so you can should be able to connect
>
> What does that matter? Most (all?) ISPs support traditional Unix
> authentication too. Is there some other method that Linux doesnt have?
Well, yeah. All ISPs support traditional authentication. That's why I'm
saying that there is no such thing as linux-friendly now is there? It's
about the authentication it uses to talk to the ISP.
>
> > Maybe Netscape doesn't support PAP and support only CHAP? In that case
>
> Netscape has absolutly no connection to PAP/CHAP. Different layer.
I meant Netspace (the ISP he is trying to connect to), not Netscape.
>
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