Re: [pptp-devel] Segfault in pptpcm

[Lorenzo M. - C.S.I.A. U. <lor...@un...>]

Thanks James, 

>Acceptance of server using specific address.  (Can you ping that address
172.16.0.10 once the tunnel is up?  I presume not.)

You are right, I can't even ping the local ppp0 interface address...

~# ping 172.16.0.10
PING 172.16.0.10 (172.16.0.10) 56(84) bytes of data.
^C
--- 172.16.0.10 ping statistics ---
5 packets transmitted, 0 received, 100% packet loss, time 4016ms

>Thanks.  The log shows normal negotiation, though with a server-side
proposal to use MPPC which is successfully negotiated for removal.
>
>My guess is that despite agreeing to removal of MPPC, the server has begun
to use it regardless.
>
>This in turn causes traffic to cease, because the kernel cannot decrypt the
compressed packets.
>
>You may verify this by capturing the packets exchanged.
>
>http://pptpclient.sourceforge.net/howto-diagnosis.phtml#tcpdump
>
>Please make sure you capture a corresponding debug log at the same time you
capture a tcpdump.
>
>You have my permission to post the tcpdump and debug log to me off-list,
and I will summarise to the list.

I'll do this asap. Thank you very much for your support so far.