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Counterpane Systems Announces Crack of Microsoft's Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol

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"Cryptanalysis of Microsoft's Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP)" by B. Schneier and P. Mudge [Abstract] [full text - PDF (Acrobat)] [full text - postscript] [Russian translation - HTML]

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