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Re: Windows 2000 and Cicsco router interoperability



  Since when is implementation of Mode Config (or XAUTH) necessary
to be appropriate for remote access? Actually, Win2K seems to be
using _standard protocols_ (IPSec-- err, IPsec, L2TP, PPP) to 
solve the problem. Imagine that.

  Dan.

On Wed, 10 May 2000 09:10:35 EDT you wrote
> Win2K does implement L2TP over IPSEC in transport mode. It uses PPP
> to transfer configuration information, such as a virtual IP address
> to the remote client. IMHO, an assigned virtual IP address is mandatory
> for remote access applications and Win2K does not, to my knowledge,
> implement Mode Config (or XAUTH). So, Win2K is not really appropriate
> for remote access application using native IPSEC tunnels. It relies
> upon L2TP for the same functionality.
> 
> -Ben McCann
> 
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