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ng_mppc(4)

NAME

     ng_mppc -- Microsoft MPPC/MPPE compression and encryption netgraph node
     type

SYNOPSIS

     #include <sys/types.h>
     #include <netgraph/ng_mppc.h>

DESCRIPTION

     The mppc node type implements the Microsoft Point-to-Point Compression
     (MPPC) and Microsoft Point-to-Point Encryption (MPPE) sub-protocols of
     the PPP protocol.	These protocols are often used in conjunction with the
     Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP).

     The node has two hooks, comp for compression and decomp for decompres-
     sion.  Typically one or both of these hooks would be connected to the
     ng_ppp(4) node type hook of the same name.  Each direction of traffic
     flow is independent of the other.

HOOKS

     This node type supports the following hooks:

     comp	   Connection to ng_ppp(4) comp hook.  Incoming frames are
		   compressed and/or encrypted, and sent back out the same
		   hook.
     decomp	   Connection to ng_ppp(4) decomp hook.  Incoming frames are
		   decompressed and/or decrypted, and sent back out the same
		   hook.

CONTROL MESSAGES

     This node type supports the generic control messages, plus the following:

     NGM_MPPC_CONFIG_COMP
	  This command resets and configures the node for a session in the
	  outgoing traffic direction (i.e., for compression and/or encryp-
	  tion).  This command takes a struct ng_mppc_config as an argument:

	  /* Length of MPPE key */
	  #define MPPE_KEY_LEN	    16

	  /* MPPC/MPPE PPP negotiation bits */
	  #define MPPC_BIT	    0x00000001	    /* mppc compression bits */
	  #define MPPE_40	    0x00000020	    /* use 40 bit key */
	  #define MPPE_56	    0x00000080	    /* use 56 bit key */
	  #define MPPE_128	    0x00000040	    /* use 128 bit key */
	  #define MPPE_BITS	    0x000000e0	    /* mppe encryption bits */
	  #define MPPE_STATELESS    0x01000000	    /* use stateless mode */
	  #define MPPC_VALID_BITS   0x010000e1	    /* possibly valid bits */

	  /* Configuration for a session */
	  struct ng_mppc_config {
	      u_char	enable; 		/* enable */
	      u_int32_t bits;			/* config bits */
	      u_char	startkey[MPPE_KEY_LEN]; /* start key */
	  };

	  The enabled field enables traffic flow through the node.  The bits
	  incoming traffic direction (i.e., for decompression and/or decryp-
	  tion).  This command takes a struct ng_mppc_config as an argument.

     NGM_MPPC_RESETREQ
	  This message contains no arguments, and is bi-directional.  If an
	  error is detected during decompression, this message is sent by the
	  node to the originator of the NGM_MPPC_CONFIG_DECOMP message that
	  initiated the session.  The receiver should respond by sending a PPP
	  CCP Reset-Request to the peer.

	  This message may also be received by this node type when a CCP
	  Reset-Request is received by the local PPP entity.  The node will
	  respond by flushing its outgoing compression and encryption state so
	  the remote side can resynchronize.

SHUTDOWN

     This node shuts down upon receipt of a NGM_SHUTDOWN control message, or
     when both hooks have been disconnected.

COMPILATION

     The kernel options NETGRAPH_MPPC_COMPRESSION and NETGRAPH_MPPC_ENCRYPTION
     are supplied to selectively compile in either or both capabilities.  At
     least one of these must be defined, or else this node type is useless.

     The MPPC protocol requires proprietary compression code available from
     Hi/Fn (formerly STAC).  These files must be obtained elsewhere and added
     to the kernel sources before this node type will compile with the
     NETGRAPH_MPPC_COMPRESSION option.

BUGS

     In PPP, encryption should be handled by the Encryption Control Protocol
     (ECP) rather than CCP.  However, Microsoft combined both compression and
     encryption into their ``compression'' algorithm, which is confusing.

SEE ALSO

     netgraph(4), ng_ppp(4), ngctl(8)

     G. Pall, Microsoft Point-To-Point Compression (MPPC) Protocol, RFC 2118.

     G. S. Pall and G. Zorn, Microsoft Point-To-Point Encryption (MPPE)
     Protocol, draft-ietf-pppext-mppe-04.txt.

     K. Hamzeh, G. Pall, W. Verthein, J. Taarud, W. Little, and G. Zorn,
     Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP), RFC 2637.

AUTHORS

     Archie Cobbs <archie@FreeBSD.org>

FreeBSD 5.4		       December 8, 1999 		   FreeBSD 5.4

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