> What are the chances of getting MPPE (PPP encryption) into the 2.4.21
> and/or 2.5.x kernels?
>
> For 2.4.21, sha1 and arcfour code needs to be added, so I don't have
> too much hope :-) even though the code is trivial to integrate.
>
> For 2.5.x, just the arcfour code is needed (since sha1 is already there).
> I've written a public domain implementation, which I'd be willing to
> relicense under GPL (although I don't see the point), but in any case
> the algorithm is easy and could be written by anyone.
One issue is that there is no support in the crypto API yet for stream
ciphers.
- James
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