Re: Connecting to lineone.net

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From: Kenneth Mair
Date: Sun, 23 May 1999 00:00

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On 22 May 1999 15:34:37 GMT, Michael F Gordon <mfg@ee.ed.ac.uk> wrote:
>In <slrn7kd6ui.39e.kenny@rathole1.demon.co.uk> kenny@rathole1.demon.co.uk (Kenneth Mair) writes:
>>The format for chap-secrets is exactly the same as that for pap-secrets.
>
>Yes, but the documentation I've read claims that as well as the
>username/password to authenticate me to the remote end, I need
>some way of authenticating the remote end to me.  Are you saying
>that I can just ignore the second part and PPP will accept it?
>I didn't think to try that.

I just put an asterisk as the second field. I would imagine that
lineone.net's gateway machine will refuse to authenticate itself
to you anyway.

-- 
 Kenneth Mair               | 'Pay no attention to the man
 kenny@rathole1.demon.co.uk |  behind the curtain!'
                            |  Oz, the Great and Powerful

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From: kenny@rathole1.demon.co.uk (Kenneth Mair)
Subject: Re: Connecting to lineone.net
Date: 1999/05/23
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