[lug] Dialup modems and Linux

[D. Stimits]

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> (One thing is nagging in the dark recesses of memory about a newer login
> procedure that some dialup servers were starting to use.  That might not
> create the classical login challenge used by chat scripts, but I can't
> quite place what that might be?  Perhaps someone knows, or perhaps this is
> one of those vague not quite correct recollections...?)

PAP is one-time password authentication protocol at login; chap is like 
pap, but continues to issue challenges later on during the modem 
conversation. I suppose some places might use some form of encryption 
during login, but I doubt it with normal ISP's.

D. Stimits, stimits AT attbi.com


> 
> - Wayde