Re: [PLUG] "evils of PPPOE"

[pinkee@cavegirl.org]

On Sun, Mar 24, 2002 at 11:50:55AM -0500, gabriel rosenkoetter wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 22, 2002 at 03:01:46PM -0500, Jon Galt wrote:
> > By the way, my ISP (Earthlink) does not charge by the minute.  As for the
> > insecurity of ethernet (which I'm guessing you're referring to), that's
> > what firewalls are for!  Or is it some negative aspect of PPP that you
> > meant?
> 
> No, he's not referring to any insecurity, but suggesting that a
> logon protocol running over ethernet should give people the willies.
> I disagreed with that already.
> 
> Len might also have been suggesting that a terminal protocol running
> over ethernet would be inappropriate, and he'd be right, but PPP's
> not a terminal protocol, really.

I don't speak for anyone else as to the evils of pppoe, but my
experience was this. It dropped connections. Monitoring the activity of
the line and then sending a kill signal. That sucked. It is also at best
a kludge of technology. Use existing technology that doesn't throw up so
many roadblocks for non-standard users. 

opionated as usual

pinkee
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