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On Sat, 22 Jan 2000, SoloCDM wrote:
> The ISP server does not except the PPP username and password - it
> needs to be received by the server in plain text . . . instead of
> encrypted. Can it be done?
Sure it can. PPP authenticates its peer by using two sub-protocols:
PAP and CHAP. The first one is unencrypted, while the other is uses
encryption. So I guess you need to configure your pppd to use PAP for
authentication.
Bye Borek
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BOREK LUPOMESKY, network administrator University of J. E. Purkyne
Ceske mladeze 8
WWW: http://www.ujep.cz/~lupomesk/ Usti nad Labem, 40096
IRCnet: Borek @ #usti The Czech Republic
PGP keyid: B6A06AEB tel: +420-602-376368
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