I'm upstream. I saw the removal first in the release notes. Yet I'm not surprised by removal. The contributions to pptp and pptpd have declined, so the release cadence has slowed as well (1.4.0 in 2013, but a few commits in git since). Number of people asking for help has also declined. Some countries or corporations still require it, presumably because it is so easily monitored.
Using pptpd on Ubuntu will be more difficult because of removal from Ubuntu, but that's just a security by obscurity; very easily bypassed by installing the software yourself. Thanks for holding on so long. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2041751 Title: RM: Remove dangerously insecure MPPE PPTP from Ubuntu Status in Release Notes for Ubuntu: New Status in linux package in Ubuntu: New Status in network-manager-pptp package in Ubuntu: New Status in pptp-linux package in Ubuntu: New Status in pptpd package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: Remove dangerously insecure MPPE PPTP from Ubuntu https://pptpclient.sourceforge.net/protocol-security.phtml It has been dead for over 20 years now. Current Windows versions natively support IPSec and L2TP as much better alternatives. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/fwp/ipsec- configuration#how-to-use-wfp-to-configure-ipsec-policies https://learn.microsoft.com/en-US/troubleshoot/windows- server/networking/configure-l2tp-ipsec-server-behind-nat-t-device To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-release-notes/+bug/2041751/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
