Index: options.pptp
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RCS file: /cvsroot/pptpclient/pptp-linux/options.pptp,v
retrieving revision 1.3
diff -u -r1.3 options.pptp
--- options.pptp 26 Mar 2006 23:11:05 -0000 1.3
+++ options.pptp 30 Aug 2012 12:38:36 -0000
@@ -33,17 +33,25 @@
# Encryption
# (There have been multiple versions of PPP with encryption support,
-# choose with of the following sections you will use. Note that MPPE
+# choose which of the following sections you will use. Note that MPPE
# requires the use of MSCHAP-V2 during authentication)
+#
+# Note that using PPTP with MPPE and MSCHAP-V2 should be considered
+# insecure:
+# http://marc.info/?l=pptpclient-devel&m=134372640219039&w=2
+# https://github.com/moxie0/chapcrack/blob/master/README.md
+# http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/advisory/2743314
# http://ppp.samba.org/ the PPP project version of PPP by Paul Mackarras
# ppp-2.4.2 or later with MPPE only, kernel module ppp_mppe.o
+# If the kernel is booted in FIPS mode (fips=1), the ppp_mppe.ko module
+# is not allowed and PPTP-MPPE is not available.
# {{{
# Require MPPE 128-bit encryption
#require-mppe-128
# }}}
-# http://polbox.com/h/hs001/ fork from PPP project by Jan Dubiec
+# http://mppe-mppc.alphacron.de/ fork from PPP project by Jan Dubiec
# ppp-2.4.2 or later with MPPE and MPPC, kernel module ppp_mppe_mppc.o
# {{{
# Require MPPE 128-bit encryption