On Fri, Feb 19, 1999 at 01:15:40PM -0800, Not for internal consumption wrote:
> Can I ask what the point of ppp-over-ethernet or ppp-over-IP would be?
> [secure ppp thru a firewall?]

It's called ADSL.

You can authenticate a session/user if you use PPPoE.  If you don't use PPPoE,
you're doing bridging at the termination point past the DSLAM, and you can't
authenticate users.

Highly desirable.

PPP-over-IP is called L2TP.

Cheers,
Chris

-- 
"Economics is extremely useful as a form of employment for economists."
	-- John Kenneth Galbraith

[Disclaimer: I speak for myself and my views are my own and not in any way to
             be construed as the views of BellSouth Corporation. ]