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Date:      Wed, 17 Jan 1996 19:45:00 +0100 (MET)
From:      Wilko Bulte <wilko@yedi.iaf.nl>
To:        john@gateway.net.hk (John Beukema)
Cc:        nate@sri.MT.net, tomg@fourthgen.com, hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Yet another PPP question
Message-ID:  <199601171845.TAA01220@yedi.iaf.nl>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSD/.3.91.960117220633.9082A-100000@gateway.net.hk> from "John Beukema" at Jan 17, 96 10:08:42 pm

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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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