Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2003 22:13:07 -0400 From: Doug Lee <dgl@dlee.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: mpd 3.13 problem - man-in-the-middle or legit. issue? Message-ID: <20030619021307.GE645@kirk.dlee.org>
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I upgraded to FreeBSD 4.8-STABLE from 4.6-STABLE this weekend without major incident (trouble with terminal left/right arrows, but that's another matter), and my mpd-based VPN seemed unaffected... until this morning, when it suddenly went down after functioning properly under load for a while, then refused to come up. I got connected but couldn't negotiate parameters. This evening it did come up but began spewing protocol rejections on my side and unexpected protocol alerts on the other side, like the data stream was being corrupted. Last week, a Windows user in my office (the destination of my VPN) informed me that attempts to set up a VPN link from XP to the office's mpd-based VPN host locks up his machine now. Is there any chance someone is trying to pull off a man-in-the-middle attack on us, or are these more likely separate issues? I have noted a few such protocol rejections mentioned on this list and/or FreeBSD-STABLE but little or no remarks on why. I'm using mpd 3.13 at both ends, btw, as installed from ports. The link is usually running with 128-bit MPPE. Much thanks for any info. -- Doug Lee dgl@dlee.org http://www.dlee.org "It's not easy to be crafty and winsome at the same time, and few accomplish it after the age of six." --John W. Gardner and Francesca Gardner Reese
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