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Project Summary
The pppd daemon works together with the kernel PPP driver to establish and maintain a PPP link with another system (called the peer) and to negotiate Internet Protocol (IP) addresses for each end of the link.
Pppd can also authenticate the peer and/or supply authentication information to the peer. PPP can be used with other network protocols besides IP, but such use is becoming increasingly rare.
In a Nutshell, pppd...
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has a well established, mature codebase
maintained by a large development team
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took an estimated 11 years of effort (COCOMO model)
starting with its first commit in November, 1993
ending with its most recent commit about 1 month ago
Quick Reference
https://github.com/paulusmack/ppp
BSD/MIT based license
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Project Security
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Many reported vulnerabilities
Few reported vulnerabilities
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