From: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik-e+AXbWqSrlAAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
To: akpm-3NddpPZAyC0@public.gmane.org
Cc: davem-fT/PcQaiUtIeIZ0/mPfg9Q@public.gmane.org,
netdev-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org,
Matt_Domsch-8PEkshWhKlo@public.gmane.org,
Brice.Goglin-vYW+cPY1g1pg9hUCZPvPmw@public.gmane.org,
james.cameron-VXdhtT5mjnY@public.gmane.org,
pptpclient-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: [patch 02/15] ppp_mppe: add PPP MPPE encryption module
Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2005 18:45:18 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <42B746FE.60504@pobox.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200506202231.j5KMVpfS024640-bipKiLWnuIsyyg0EjBt7GtHuzzzSOjJt@public.gmane.org>
akpm-3NddpPZAyC0@public.gmane.org wrote:
> From: Matt Domsch <Matt_Domsch-8PEkshWhKlo@public.gmane.org>
>
> The patch below implements the Microsoft Point-to-Point Encryption method
> as a PPP compressor/decompressor. This is necessary for Linux clients and
> servers to interoperate with Microsoft Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol
> (PPTP) servers (either Microsoft PPTP servers or the poptop project) which
> use MPPE to encrypt data when creating a VPN.
>
> This patch differs from the kernel_ppp_mppe DKMS pacakge at
> pptpclient.sourceforge.net by utilizing the kernel crypto routines rather
> than providing its own SHA1 and arcfour implementations.
>
> Minor changes to ppp_generic.c try to prevent a link from disabling
> compression (in our case, the encryption) after it has started using
> compression (encryption).
>
> Feedback to <pptpclient-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org> please.
>
> Signed-off-by: Matt Domsch <Matt_Domsch-8PEkshWhKlo@public.gmane.org>
> Cc: James Cameron <james.cameron-VXdhtT5mjnY@public.gmane.org>
> Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem-fT/PcQaiUtIeIZ0/mPfg9Q@public.gmane.org>
> Signed-off-by: Brice Goglin <Brice.Goglin-vYW+cPY1g1pg9hUCZPvPmw@public.gmane.org>
> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm-3NddpPZAyC0@public.gmane.org>
I'll review this, but ppp stuff really needs to go Paul MacKerras...
Jeff
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2005-06-20 22:32 [patch 02/15] ppp_mppe: add PPP MPPE encryption module akpm-3NddpPZAyC0
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