[ale] PPTP issue that affects Linux but not Windows?

[John Wells]

Geoffrey said:
> John Wells wrote:
>> Geoffrey said:
>>
>>>What kinds of problems are you having with pptp?  Why don't they go with
>>
>> (the much more secure and standard) ipsec?
>
> The linux box in question supports pptp in the kernel?

It sure does...pptpclient on the client side (via kernel modules).

On the server side:
# lsmod | grep pptp
ip_nat_pptp             3104   0  (unused)
ip_conntrack_pptp       3680   1
ip_conntrack_proto_gre    3456   0  [ip_nat_pptp ip_conntrack_pptp]
iptable_nat            20116   8  [ipt_MASQUERADE ip_nat_quake3
ip_nat_proto_gre ip_nat_pptp ip_nat_mms ip_nat_irc ip_nat_h323 ip_nat_ftp]
ip_conntrack           27156   9  [ipt_MASQUERADE ipt_state ip_nat_quake3
ip_conntrack_quake3 ip_nat_pptp ip_conntrack_pptp ip_conntrack_proto_gre
ip_nat_mms ip_conntrack_mms ip_nat_irc ip_conntrack_irc ip_nat_h323
ip_conntrack_h323 ip_nat_ftp ip_conntrack_ftp iptable_nat]