From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Adolf Belka To: development@lists.ipfire.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] pptp: Update to 1.10.0 Date: Fri, 05 Feb 2021 18:36:45 +0100 Message-ID: <0609ecf9-ac6b-3953-6865-84bfe142854b@ipfire.org> In-Reply-To: <256F3807-BDD6-4A5E-9D0A-8B02D2DE79F6@ipfire.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============1452886190907516709==" List-Id: --===============1452886190907516709== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi On 05/02/2021 17:07, Michael Tremer wrote: > Hi, > >> On 5 Feb 2021, at 13:20, Tom Rymes wrote: >> >>> On Feb 5, 2021, at 6:15 AM, Michael Tremer = wrote: >>> >>> Hello, >>> >>>> On 4 Feb 2021, at 22:58, Adolf Belka wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi Tom, >>>> >>>> On 04/02/2021 19:10, Tom Rymes wrote: >>>>> Isn=E2=80=99t PPTP heavily deprecated, or is that just when used with c= ertain encryption methods? >>>> It may be, I don't know for sure. However, while it is still in IPFire I= think it is better to have the latest version from 2018 rather than the one = from 2008. >>> Yes, in terms of bugs in the implementation it is. >>> >>> PPTP is a universal tunnelling protocol (short for point-to-point tunneli= ng protocol) and it can be used for VPNs. However it is very old and the spec= ified cryptography is very outdated. In IPFire we only use it to connect to s= ome DSL providers which use it on the Internet link. They do not use any encr= yption and use weak authentication to identify the subscriber. >>> >>> -Michael >> Thanks, Michael. I have used PPP for DSL links before, but didn=E2=80=99t = realize that some required PPTP. > It is very rare these days. Which brings me to the question: Can anyone act= ually test this any more? I certainly can't. I haven't had DSL for more than 11 years now. I currently = have a Cable connection and next week I will have a Glass Fibre connection. Adolf > -Michael > >> Tom --===============1452886190907516709==--