PAP question

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Dr. S.K. Singh <sks@goat.up.nic.in> wrote:
> Is it necessary to put more than one line  in /etc/ppp/pap-secrets file if
> one is using
> *	* 	""	*

This means: anyone allowed to authentify as any IP address to us with
no password (at least to my knowledge). Maybe if you use that
conjointly with the `login' option it will check with /etc/passwd, else,
and if you use AutoPPP, you open your system to the world.

For a more precize answer, please ask the linux-ppp mailing-list. I
have never used the `login' option, nor PAP. I use CHAP, with AutoPPP,
one IP address per user, one specific password per user, which has
no link with their possible /etc/passwd or POP password.