Re: VPN and firewalls

[Aleph One <aleph1 () dfw dfw net>]

On Sat, 7 Feb 1998, Linwood Ferguson wrote:

> I did get some warnings about whether it was really secure (if you search
> the archives you will see some discussion).  I listened (really), but decided
> it was worth the risk in our case.  Your milage may vary of course.

I guess I'll add to the fire. PPTP can be make to leak part of the bit
stream. The next version of L0phtcrack will also crack the PPTP c/r. On a
fast machine a brute force can take as little as a few days.

>     - Linwood
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