Subject: Re: Cisco VPN interop
To: None <current-users@netbsd.org>
From: Wolfgang S. Rupprecht <wolfgang+gnus20040124T201156@dailyplanet.dontspam.wsrcc.com>
List: current-users
Date: 01/24/2004 20:33:53
tls@rek.tjls.com (Thor Lancelot Simon) writes:
> Ha! No, you can't use racoon nor isakmpd to talk to a Cisco configured
> that way, because it's using the nonstandard and dangerous XAUTH
> extension to IKE. But what's pretty funny is that using IKE that way
> lets *any* sonic.net customer steal any other sonic.net customer's
> password. [...]
Wow. What a bombshell. Thanks for spotting this f-up. I'll
certainly pass the info on to Sonic. They're a small independent ISP
that prides itself in doing things better than the big big boys. This
will almost certainly make them wince in embarrassment -- hopefully
followed by them reaming Cisco a new one.
-wolfgang
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