From 636e804e954a5f26717c22b0bddf15e7e6c3facb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Mackerras Date: Sat, 6 Sep 2008 18:42:27 +1000 Subject: Update READMEs etc. for the forthcoming ppp-2.4.5 release Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras --- README.MPPE | 17 +++++------------ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) (limited to 'README.MPPE') diff --git a/README.MPPE b/README.MPPE index 94b8456..1d62efd 100644 --- a/README.MPPE +++ b/README.MPPE @@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ PPP Support for MPPE (Microsoft Point to Point Encryption) Frank Cusack frank@google.com Mar 19, 2002 +Updated by Paul Mackerras, Sep 2008 + DISCUSSION @@ -59,17 +61,9 @@ RADIUS support for MPPE is from Ralf Hofmann, . BUILDING THE PPPD The userland component of PPPD has no additional requirements above -those for MS-CHAP and MS-CHAPv2. The kernel, however, requires SHA-1 -and ARCFOUR. Public domain implementations of these are provided. +those for MS-CHAP and MS-CHAPv2. -Until such time as MPPE support ships with kernels, you can use -the Linux 2.2 or 2.4 implementation that comes with PPPD. Run the -ppp/linux/mppe/mppeinstall.sh script, giving it the location to your -kernel source. Then add the CONFIG_PPP_MPPE option to your config and -rebuild the kernel. The ppp_mppe.o module is added, and the ppp.o module -(2.2) or ppp_generic.o (2.4) is modified (unfortunately). You'll need -the new ppp.o/ppp_generic.o since it does the right thing for the 4 -extra bytes problem discussed above. +MPPE support is now included in the mainline Linux kernel releases. CONFIGURATION @@ -79,7 +73,6 @@ than 2.4.15, you will need to add alias ppp-compress-18 ppp_mppe -to /etc/modules.conf. (A patch for earlier versions of modutils is included -with the kernel patches.) +to /etc/modules.conf. -- cgit v1.2.1