Re: Different CHAP passwords for bidirectional authentication

From: bi.s (bi.s@gmx.net)
Date: Fri May 06 2005 - 08:26:57 GMT-3


Brian Dennis wrote:
> One of the username commands on each router is never used so this means
> you are still using the same password on both sides:
>
> hostname R1
> !
> username r1 password 0 PASS1 <-- NEVER USED
> username r2 password 0 PASS2
> !
> interface BRI0/0
> ppp chap hostname r1
> !
>
> hostname R2
> !
> username r1 password 0 PASS2
> username r2 password 0 PASS1 <-- NEVER USED
> !
> interface BRI0/0
> ip address 172.16.12.2 255.255.255.0
> ppp chap hostname r2
>
> Just think about how CHAP works and you'll see that the username with
> the router's own name is never used in your configuration.
>

yes, i see. thank you for clearing that up.

-/b



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