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What is pppd?
The pppd daemon is an implementation of the Point-To-Point Protocool
(PPP). The Point-to-Point Protocol provides a method for transmitting
datagrams over point-to-point connections.
In the past this was most frequently used to move network traffic over
modem-modem connections or some other topography based on serial
(RS-232, 432, etc...) connections.
It is now not uncommon to use pppd to create point-to-point network
connections over the top of other topographies, even the internet itself,
as in the case of VPNs.
It is essential that the PPP server, and possibly the client, be able to
authenticate the entity at the other end of a connection.