Re: PPP w/ no login authentication (fwd)

Dave Andersen (angio@aros.net)
Wed, 4 Sep 1996 18:54:27 -0600 (MDT)

If you happen to have another host around, you can set the port to an
autoconnect type port that then connects them to a UNIX box (or something
else) that runs ppp for them.

You'd have to be fairly careful, though. And most PPP software is set up
to supply a username and password anyway. An easier option may be to
chop up your version of RADIUS so that it always sends back an OK, no
matter what they use. Then you can also tell who they are, by what they
logged on as.

-Dave

Lo and behold, MegaZone once said:
>
> Once upon a time Jared Hall shaped the electrons to say...
> >Need to support dialup user w/ no password or username. Just straight PPP.
> >Server assigned/PPP IP address, DNS server, etc.
>
> No password I can see - no user name? I don't think so. I've never seen
> it done and we never planned for it, so I don't know how it works.
>
> -MZ
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