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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.ysu.edu!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!nerd.apk.net!sed.psrw.com!psinntp !psinntp!psinntp!news.nstn.ca!coranto.ucs.mun.ca!news.unb.ca!agate.nbnet.nb.ca!news From: cavenerl@nbnet.nb.ca (Lance Cavener) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: Re: Plans for CHAP/PPP in BSDI? Date: Wed, 26 Jun 1996 17:43:37 GMT Organization: VSi Lines: 16 Message-ID: <4qrsv1$3cu@agate.nbnet.nb.ca> References: <4p533b$6qm@agate.nbnet.nb.ca> <31C5A3B1.616@cet.co.jp> <31C4F08A.41C67EA6@cet.co.jp> <4q6gii$rsv@hops.entertain.com> <31CDFF29.41C67EA6@cet.co.jp> <4qmbft$gnb@agate.nbnet.nb.ca> <31CFD720.1BB4@cet.co.jp> <4qpall$is5@agate.nbnet.nb.ca> <31D0B90B.7C42@cet.co.jp> Reply-To: cavenerl@nbnet.nb.ca NNTP-Posting-Host: mctnts03c35.nbnet.nb.ca X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 >An alternative is to get MorningStar PPP. The author of this commercial >implementation is the IETF Chairman of the PPP group. It's a damn good >implementation and it works under BSDI/Solaris/UnixWare/SCO/etc. It has a lot of >other interesting features such as packet filtering, tunneling, etc. >If you don't want to fork out the $700 then your best bet is try to port the >FreeBSD stuff. It seems crazy that a company can make a program that is publically available (pppd that is), and will most likely be in BSDI 2.2, and charge 700$ for it :P. Its cheaper to go out and get a 486, install WinNT, hook up your digiboards and let er rip.. Lance