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Re: (ASCEND) Secret is Out
At 04:03 PM 6/23/98 -0500, T. D. Wolf wrote:
>We have a Cisco 2524 at a remote site, connecting via BRI.
>It worked until we upgraded our software from 5.0Ap42 to
>5.0Ap48 in the hopes of fixing many of the ongoing problems
>we've had with our Max 1800.
>
>After much investigation and conversations between Cisco and
>Ascend, we discovered that PAP authentication no longer worked
>if CHAP was also available. Note that none of our settings or
>configuration had changed on either end. This broke when
>we upgraded to a new PATCH version of the software.
Explain this to me .... who is answering the call? How is the
MAX configuration setup?
>The Ascend engineer we talked to said that the way authentication
>was handled was a "matter of interpretation" when both PAP and
>CHAP were offered, and acknowledged that the Ascend would not
>interoperate properly with a lot of other devices.
I think this is a communication mix up. The handling of CHAP/PAP is
quite clear and has not changed.
> In fact, it
>DID work until we upgraded the Ascend software. She was not
>able to tell me why Ascend's interpretation changed between
>patch revision levels.
It has not to my knowledge.
Kevin Smith Ascend Communications...
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