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Date:      Thu, 22 Jun 1995 22:58:30 +0200 (MET DST)
From:      J Wunsch <j@uriah.heep.sax.de>
To:        brian@arl.wustl.edu (Brian Gottlieb)
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: PPP password security
Message-ID:  <199506222058.WAA25560@uriah.heep.sax.de>
In-Reply-To: <9506221445.AA08162@beru.wustl.edu> from "Brian Gottlieb" at Jun 22, 95 09:45:55 am

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As Brian Gottlieb wrote:
> 
> So now I am thinking of adding a "set passwd" command to the program.
> So the first time I run it (with -auto), then connect, I set the login
> script, and set the password.  On subsequent connections, it will use
> that password instead of going to the ppp.secret file. [...]

Well, this makes sense, but don't forget to add a timeout option to
the daemon.  Otherwise, it will prevent the system from auto-booting
after a panic or power-fail.  (And yes, there are still people who
like to run their machines unattended. :)

-- 
cheers, J"org

joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)



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