X-Git-Url: http://git.ozlabs.org/?p=ppp.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=FAQ;fp=FAQ;h=cb42c6bc67492e0a10001859b9ea1fa13f48b360;hp=ef6dd73b29f19d440895b7c29a58053b4f2fda77;hb=0816630b7e90b23792599af619d6950841891b9b;hpb=6815640f313fe730642df94144180702d29ef8a1 diff --git a/FAQ b/FAQ index ef6dd73..cb42c6b 100644 --- a/FAQ +++ b/FAQ @@ -370,13 +370,9 @@ the server. Thus, it may be necessary to use the `remotename' option to pppd when using PAP authentication so that it can select the appropriate secret from /etc/ppp/pap-secrets. -Microsoft also has a variant of CHAP which they apparently think is -more secure than standard CHAP because they don't store secrets in -clear text on the server. However, a bogus client only needs to know -the encrypted secret to gain access, so the only extra security is -that the bogus client would need to run something other than Windows. -There is a client-side implementation of Microsoft's CHAP in ppp-2.3; -see README.MSCHAP80. +Microsoft also has a variant of CHAP which uses a different hashing +arrangement from normal CHAP. There is a client-side implementation +of Microsoft's CHAP in ppp-2.3; see README.MSCHAP80. ------------------------------------------------------------------------