Fedora 18 Update: pptp-1.7.2-17.fc18

[updates at fedoraproject.org]

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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2012-13056
2012-08-31 15:59:25
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Name        : pptp
Product     : Fedora 18
Version     : 1.7.2
Release     : 17.fc18
URL         : http://pptpclient.sourceforge.net/
Summary     : Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP) Client
Description :
Client for the proprietary Microsoft Point-to-Point Tunneling
Protocol, PPTP. Allows connection to a PPTP based VPN as used
by employers and some cable and ADSL service providers.

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Update Information:

This update adds further comments in options.pptp about MPPE being unavailable in FIPS mode and MS-CHAPv2 usage with PPTP being considered insecure in the light of the recent chapcrack exploit.
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References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #845112 - pptp fails mppe in FIPS mode, request to document this
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=845112
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This update can be installed with the "yum" update program.  Use 
su -c 'yum update pptp' at the command line.
For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum",
available at http://docs.fedoraproject.org/yum/.

All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key.  More details on the
GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at
https://fedoraproject.org/keys
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