Hi, yes chap and pap are authentication protocol. To make sure that the password is not sniifed by sniffer.Whereas calling number is used to prevent account being misused. As the calling stations is unique (phone numbe or mac address)
--- prabhan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > What is CHAP and PAP ? > I know that they are mechansims to authenticate > users. > Since there are several ways of authenticating ... > For eg. Calling > number authentication , called number authentication > (as used in terms > of a VOIP gateway), > how to take a decision on which authentication > scheme to be applied ? > > Thanks, > Prabha N > > > > - > List info/subscribe/unsubscribe? See > http://www.freeradius.org/list/users.html > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Easier than ever with enhanced search. Learn more. http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250 - List info/subscribe/unsubscribe? See http://www.freeradius.org/list/users.html
