Re: PPP

Steve Evans (blah@nospam.ftoomsh.socs.uts.edu.au)
Wed, 12 Oct 1994 18:00:14 +1000

On Wed, 12 Oct 1994 raz@nospam.number5.apana.org.au wrote:

> > Is there a PPP service attached to ftoomsh? If so is there anyone
> > out there that might help me get a winsock connection over the modem?
> > I have a few files, like etherPPP which should work but I have found
> > no service on ftoomsh to support PPP.
> >
> > Can anyone give me some advice?
>
> Shouldn't be too hard to arrange (looks hopefully at Mister Pointyhead for
> primary nudging as to whether there is some hideous reason why not...).
> There may be an organisational consideration though... SBG: is ftoomsh
> (likely to become) IP connected at any point? If so, what happens when
> students are able to route IP from their loungerooms? Does ITD object?
> Does SOCS object?

The ITD modem lines do NOT allow students to have PPP / SLIP
connections.... This will be the case until some secure method is found
to allow the connections...

I doubt it will be happening in the near future...

Steve...

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So beat that Rob :D