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|    mark lewis to Kevin Klement    |
|    packet/session    |
|    21 Jan 11 18:38:38    |
       KK> packet/session passwords               KK> I have a uplink that /just/ has a packet password set for me, no        KK> session password. If I use that packet password /only/ I can't        KK> connect with him.                KK> If I use that password in the session password option, I can        KK> connect with him.                KK> Why do I have to use his packet password in my session password        KK> option to connect with him? Makes no sense to me.              because on some connections, the initial traffic is a packet and that packet       must have the pasword... in that initial packet, it is called a session       password... this is also why both must be the same...              )\/(ark               * Origin: (1:3634/12)    |
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