Re: kernel ppp vs. user ppp

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From
Miklos Niedermayer <mico@bsd.hu>
Date
21 Jul 2000 04:03:06
Subject
Re: kernel ppp vs. user ppp
Message-ID
20000721130100.A689@bsd.hu


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Hello,

Roberto Nunnari, AGIE:

> Can anybody tell me what's the difference (from the user
> point of view/performance/security/stability) between
> user ppp and kernel ppp when using it over isdn or modem?

I'm using user level PPP in some FreeBSD ISDN-ppp routers. It's *much*
easier to set up than SPPP or PPPD, and has lots of features like
dial/alive filters. I highly recommend it for ISDN applications
rather than SPPP, for. eg AFAIK SPPP doesn't support VJ compression,
etc.

Bye

Mico



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