Hi John; If windoz can't handle it then I can think of ONE reason for doing it that way! :->
You certainly could be right on the possibility of a "post-ppp" login but I thought it was possible. best, -bill [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] from a 1996 Micro$loth ad campaign: "The less you know about computers the more you want Micro$oft!" See! They do get some things right! On 9 Dec 1997 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Bill Leach writes: > > One question that I have: Is it true that ALL ISPs that use chap or pap > > authentication also do not require an initial login? I don't personally > > know of any exceptions but I also don't see any technical reason why it > > would not be possible to use chap following login. > > I've never heard of it and can think of no reason anyone would do it, but I > believe it is possible. As long as the client has the right stuff in > pap-secrets, it should work fine on Linux. I doubt Windows could handle it, > though, which makes it *very* unlikely anyone would use it. > > > The "non-login" modes are probably much more straight forward (though I > > note that bo examples and docs did not seem to even recognize that there > > was such a thing). > > PAP and CHAP are very simple, and rapidly becoming the most common system. > I don't understand why they are not documented. > > > Is there any chance that there is a "non-authenticated" ppp initiation > > followed by a login in use? > > I can't see how that would work. What would you log in to? Once the link > is up you are connected directly to his kernel. > -- > John Hasler > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler) > Dancing Horse Hill > Elmwood, WI -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .