User-Level PPP
Chris,
> BSD user space pppd uses tund to establish sockets, (this may not be the right
> word)
>
> tund depends on openssl for the encription library libssl; but is this open?
> This needs a licence that can be single user, but could the source and licence be
> openly distributed as part of the Hurd?
openssl is not required for the tunnel interface of the FreeBSD kernel
nor is it required for user-level ppp (AFAIK). It can be used if present,
but it is not necessary in the strict sense.
> BSD user space pppd still generates loads of missing defines, the same as UNIX
> bsd.
Other tools experience the same problem. Still, user space PPP is still a
very good candidate to start with, even if it means having to tweak some
parts of it (especially the tunnel interface). YMMV.
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