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Fedora EPEL Update Notification
FEDORA-EPEL-2009-1051
2009-12-24 03:19:51
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Name : pptp
Product : Fedora EPEL 5
Version : 1.7.2
Release : 8.el5
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 to the latest upstream version addresses an issue where tunnels
would disconnect after a while (#547396). A new command-line utility
(pptpsetup) for configuring tunnels is also provided, in the pptp-setup package.
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References:
[ 1 ] Bug #547396 - PPTP connection fails; disconnect after a while with large amount of
data send
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=547396
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This update can be installed with the "yum" update programs. 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 EPEL 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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