FC3 wishlist (pptp)

[Genady]

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[mailto:fedora-devel-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Nathan Robertson
Sent: Monday, July 19, 2004 10:53 AM
To: Development discussions related to Fedora Core
Subject: Re: FC3 wishlist (pptp)

On 19/07/2004, at 6:51 PM, Genady wrote:

> Will you include a pptp/l2tp dialer in the Internet Configuration 
> wizard this time?
> I posted a request at bugzilla the other day: 
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=128094...
> Waiting for response...

There was a thread in May about VPN solutions for Fedora Core:
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-list/2004-May/msg00715.html

In particular, the following cover PPTP (which uses the Microsoft MPPE
standard):
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-list/2004-May/msg00770.html
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-list/2004-May/msg00783.html
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-list/2004-May/msg00779.html

The basics are that it taints your kernel, but I can't find anything that
looks GPL incompatible. I haven't followed up why it isn't in the mainstream
kernel. It's been in CVS for a fair while, but looking at the ppp-2.4.2
tarball, it looks like it was pulled from the distribution or something. If
I goto CLUG on Thursday night and Paul Mackerras is there, I'll ask him what
the story is.
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I need a solution for cable connection through VPN, Do these programs cover
cable internet connection?