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Subject: Re: Yet another PPP question
To: john@gateway.net.hk (John Beukema)
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 1996 19:45:00 +0100 (MET)
Cc: nate@sri.MT.net, tomg@fourthgen.com, hackers@freebsd.org
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> 
> Is not this CHAP and PAP which are pretty standard even if not in the RFC?
> I think it is hard to pretend MS is not there.
> jbeukema
> 
> 
> On Tue, 16 Jan 1996, Nate Williams wrote:
> 
[del]
> > 
> > So, M$ TCP/IP stacks are trying to negotiate non-existant features using
> > an invalid protocol which only works with their own product.
> > 
> > The solution?  Yell and scream to M$ and tell them to use standard
> > protocol and quit using useless proprietary extensions.  If they want to
> > use proprietary extensions, have them put inside other proprietary code.
> > 
> > Nate

I once had to use an ISP that uses MS-NT as server machines. I was
_very_ glad ijppp supported this non-RFC negotiation stuff.

I do sympathise with Nate though..

Wilko
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