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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
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>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