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From: Rahul Dhesi <dhesi@rahul.net>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: PPP server over telnet session?
Date: 2 Jul 1996 00:49:53 GMT
Organization: a2i network
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Message-ID: <4r9rnh$3h6@samba.rahul.net>
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NNTP-Posting-User: dhesi
I am exploring the possibility of having a FreeBSD machine act as PPP
server for dial-in users. As I picture it, when a user logs into the
terminal server, the terminal server will immediately initiate a binary
telnet session to the FreeBSD machine. The telnet server on the FreeBSD
machine will complete the login, then invoke a PPP server. The PPP
server would talk to its standard input/output, which is of course
connected to the remote client via the telnet server.
What the user will see:
CONNECT <- user connects via modem, terminal
server immediately initiates binary
telnet to FreeBSD machine
login: ppp.joeuser <- printed by FreeBSD telnet server
Password:
{{{{&*&*(%&(*% <- PPP packets begin coming, PPP session
begins for joeuser, preferably with
dynamic IP address assignment
Has anybody tried doing this? I would welcome any hints.
The idea I am exploring is to have the FreeBSD machine do all PPP while
the terminal server does simple dial-up. There are numerous advantages
and disadvantages to this approach, and I have a pretty good idea what
they are, so I don't intend to begin a flame war about this. Just
the facts, please. :-)
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Rahul Dhesi <dhesi@rahul.net>
"please ignore Dhesi" -- Mark Crispin <mrc@CAC.Washington.EDU>