authenticating itself to you, of course.)
-What's new in ppp-2.4.5.
+What's new in ppp-2.4.8.
************************
+* New pppd options have been added:
+ - ifname, to set the name for the PPP interface device
+ - defaultroute-metric, to set the metric for the default route
+ - defaultroute6, to add an IPv6 default route (with nodefaultroute6
+ to prevent adding an IPv6 default route)
+ - up_sdnotify, to have pppd notify systemd when the link is up.
+
+* The rp-pppoe plugin has new options:
+ - host-uniq, to set the Host-Uniq value to send
+ - pppoe-padi-timeout, to set the timeout for discovery packets
+ - pppoe-padi-attempts, to set the number of discovery attempts.
+
+* Added the CLASS attribute in radius packets.
+
+* Sundry bug fixes.
+
+* Fixed warnings and issues found by static analysis.
+
+* Added Submitting-patches.md.
+
+
+What was new in ppp-2.4.7.
+**************************
+
+* Fixed a potential security issue in parsing option files (CVE-2014-3158).
+
+* There is a new "stop-bits" option, which takes an argument of 1 or 2,
+ indicating the number of stop bits to use for async serial ports.
+
+* Various bug fixes.
+
+
+What was new in ppp-2.4.6.
+**************************
+
+* Man page updates.
+
+* Several bug fixes.
+
+* Options files can now set and unset environment variables for
+ scripts.
+
+* The timeout for chat scripts can now be taken from an environment
+ variable.
+
+* There is a new option, master_detach, which allows pppd to detach
+ from the controlling terminal when it is the multilink bundle master
+ but its own link has terminated, even if the nodetach option has
+ been given.
+
+
+What was new in ppp-2.4.5.
+**************************
+
* Under Linux, pppd can now operate in a mode where it doesn't request
the peer's IP address, as some peers refuse to supply an IP address.
Since Linux supports device routes as well as gateway routes, it's