How secure is MSCHAP v2 in a home networking scenario?

["Pranav Lal" <pranav.lal () gmail com>]

Hi all,

I have a Buffalo WZR-HP-G300NH router that has an in-built VPN server. The
server though only supports MSCHAP v2 128 bit. All the other options have
the same protocol but with 40 bits. How secure is MSChap v2? I read the
paper at http://www.schneier.com/paper-pptpv2.html
And it seems that the security of the protocol is up to the password the
user chooses. I presume I am better off building a VPN server using open VPN
and deploying that through the firewall?
Pranav


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