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pppclient(1)          System Contributed Software Manual          pppclient(1)

NAME
       pppclient - Runs PPP over TLS tunnel

SYNOPSIS
       pppclient [-h finalhost] [-p finalport] [-r proxyname] [-u proxyport]
       [-a user-proxy:pass-proxy] [-c 0|1] [-d 0|1] [-l logfile] [ configfile]

DESCRIPTION
       pppclient is the client part of ssltunnel, a tool to tunnel PPP
       sessions over SSL.

       The main features are:

       o      no Unix shell is needed on the server

       o      NTLM proxy authentication supported

       o      both pppd and the *BSD userland ppp are supported

       o      simpler than IPsec to deploy

       Moreover, while IPsec is filtered on numerous networks, pppclient will
       allow you to connect to your server through an HTTPS proxy - even if it
       verifies that there is a SSL handshake, or an ISA server.

OPTIONS
       The following options are supported:

       -h finalhost   Connect to the server using finalhost IP address or
                      hostname.

       -p finalport   Connect to the finalport TCP port (usually 443).

       -r proxyname   Use HTTP proxy proxyname hostname or address.

       -u proxyport   Connect to HTTP proxy using proxyport TCP port.

       -a user-proxy:pass-proxy
                      Use user-proxy:pass-proxy as credentials if HTTP proxy
                      asks for an authentication. If using an NTLM
                      authenticated proxy as MS ISA server, username should be
                      such as DOMAIN\user.

       -c 0|1         If set to 1, restart pppd if link goes down.

       -d 0|1         If set to 1, forks and detach from terminal after
                      reading configuration. Logs are sent to syslogd(1) if
                      next option is not set.

       -l logfile     Logs to logfile instead of syslogd(1) when starting as a
                      daemon.

       These options override the corresponding options in the configuration
       file configfile.

       If no configuration file is given, pppclient reads $HOME/.ssltunnelrc.

FILES
       $HOME/.ssltunnelrc
              Default configuration file.

BUGS
       Please report them !

SEE ALSO
       pppwho(8), pppserver(8), gpppclient(1), ssltunnelrc(5).

AUTHORS
       Alain Thivillon <ssltunnel@rominet.net>

                               September 6, 2003                  pppclient(1)