Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) to provide Internet connections over
serial lines.
-In this first beta release, the ports for SunOS, Solaris, NetBSD and
-Digital Unix (OSF/1) are believed to be working correctly. The Linux
-port mostly works, but still has some known bugs. The remaining ports
-haven't been tested extensively. The NeXTStep port is not included
-here since it hasn't been updated from 2.2 yet. For information on
-its current status, see http://www.thoughtport.com:8080/PPP/.
-
Introduction.
*************
The Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) provides a standard way to establish
a network connection over a serial link. At present, this package
supports IP and the protocols layered above IP, such as TCP and UDP.
-The Linux port of this package also supports IPX.
+The Linux port of this package also has support for IPX.
This software consists of two parts:
System V Release 4 README.svr4
Ultrix 4.x README.ultrix
+(Unfortunately, AIX 4 is no longer supported, since I don't have a
+maintainer for the AIX 4 port. If you want to volunteer, contact me.)
+
In each case you start by running the ./configure script. This works
out which operating system you are using and creates symbolic links to
the appropriate makefiles. You then run `make' to compile the
be recompiled and the system rebooted. See the README.* files for
details.
-(Unfortunately, AIX 4 is no longer supported, since I don't have a
-maintainer for the AIX 4 port. If you want to volunteer, contact me.)
+N.B. Since 2.3.0, leaving the permitted IP addresses column of the
+pap-secrets or chap-secrets file empty means that no addresses are
+permitted. You need to put a "*" in that column to allow the peer to
+use any IP address. (This only applies where the peer is
+authenticating itself to you, of course.)
+
+
+What's new in ppp-2.3.3.
+************************
+
+* Fixed compilation problems under SunOS.
+
+* Fixed a bug introduced into chat in 2.3.2, and compilation problems
+introduced into the MS-CHAP implementation in 2.3.2.
+
+* The linux kernel driver has been updated for recent 2.1-series
+kernel changes, and it now will ask kerneld to load compression
+modules when required, if the kernel is configured to support kerneld.
+
+* Pppd should now compile correctly under linux on systems with glibc.
+
+
+What was new in ppp-2.3.2.
+**************************
+
+* In 2.3.1, I made a change which was intended to make pppd able to
+detect loss of CD during or immediately after the connection script
+runs. Unfortunately, this had the side-effect that the connection
+script wouldn't work at all on some systems. This change has been
+reversed.
+* Fix compilation problems in the Linux kernel driver.
-What's new in ppp-2.3.
-**********************
+
+What was new in ppp-2.3.1.
+**************************
+
+* Enhancements to chat, thanks to Francis Demierre. Chat can now
+accept comments in the chat script file, and has new SAY, HANGUP,
+CLR_ABORT and CLR_REPORT keywords.
+
+* Fixed a bug which causes 2.3.0 to crash Solaris systems.
+
+* Bug-fixes and restructuring of the Linux kernel driver.
+
+* The holdoff behaviour of pppd has been changed slightly: now, if
+the link comes up for IP (or other network protocol) traffic, we
+consider that the link has been successfully established, and don't
+enforce the holdoff period after the link goes down.
+
+* Pppd should now correctly wait for CD (carrier detect) from the
+modem, even when the serial port initially had CLOCAL set, and it
+should also detect loss of CD during or immediately after the
+connection script runs.
+
+* Under linux, pppd will work with older 2.2.0* version kernel
+drivers, although demand-dialling is not supported with them.
+
+* Minor bugfixes for pppd.
+
+
+What was new in ppp-2.3.
+************************
* Demand-dialling. Pppd now has a mode where it will establish the
network interface immediately when it starts, but not actually bring
-the link up until it sees some data to be sent.
+the link up until it sees some data to be sent. Look for the demand
+option description in the pppd man page. Demand-dialling is not
+supported under Ultrix or NeXTStep.
* Idle timeout. Pppd will optionally terminate the link if no data
packets are sent or received within a certain time interval.
* Pppd now runs the /etc/ppp/auth-up script, if it exists, when the
peer successfully authenticates itself, and /etc/ppp/auth-down when
-the connection is subsequently terminated.
+the connection is subsequently terminated. This can be useful for
+accounting purposes.
* A new packet compression scheme, Deflate, has been implemented.
This uses the same compression method as `gzip'. This method is free
of patent or copyright restrictions, and it achieves better
compression than BSD-Compress. It does consume more CPU cycles for
-compression than BSD-Compress, but this won't be a problem for links
-running at 100kbit/s or less.
+compression than BSD-Compress, but this shouldn't be a problem for
+links running at 100kbit/s or less.
-* There is now no code in this distribution which is covered by Brad
+* There is no code in this distribution which is covered by Brad
Clements' restrictive copyright notice. The STREAMS modules for SunOS
and OSF/1 have been rewritten, based on the Solaris 2 modules, which
were written from scratch without any Clements code.
became noip, +chap became require-chap, etc. The old options are
still accepted for compatibility but may be removed in future.
+* Pppd now has some options (such as the new `noauth' option) which
+can only be specified if it is being run by root, or in an
+"privileged" options file: /etc/ppp/options or an options file in the
+/etc/ppp/peers directory. There is a new "call" option to read
+options from a file in /etc/ppp/peers, making it possible for non-root
+users to make unauthenticated connections, but only to certain trusted
+peers. My intention is to make the `auth' option the default in a
+future release.
+
* Several minor new features have been added to pppd, including the
maxconnect and welcome options. Pppd will now terminate the
connection when there are no network control protocols running. The
Contacts.
*********
-Bugs in the the SunOS, Solaris 2, NetBSD and Ultrix ports, and bugs in
-pppd, chat or pppstats should be reported me at:
-
- email: Paul.Mackerras@cs.anu.edu.au
-
- mail: Dr Paul Mackerras
- Dept. of Computer Science
- Australian National University
- Canberra ACT 0200
- AUSTRALIA
-
- fax: +61-6-249-0010
-
-Bugs in other ports should be reported to the maintainer for that port
-(see the appropriate README.* file) or to me.
+The comp.protocols.ppp newsgroup is a useful place to get help if you
+have trouble getting your ppp connections to work. Please do not send
+me questions of the form "please help me get connected to my ISP" -
+I'm sorry, but I simply do not have the time to answer all the
+questions like this that I get.
-Thanks to:
+If you find bugs in this package, please report them to the maintainer
+for the port for the operating system you are using:
- Brad Parker (brad@fcr.com)
- Greg Christy (gmc@quotron.com)
- Drew D. Perkins (ddp@andrew.cmu.edu)
- Rick Adams (rick@seismo.ARPA)
- Chris Torek (chris@mimsy.umd.edu, umcp-cs!chris).
+Digital Unix (OSF/1) Farrell Woods <ftw@zk3.dec.com>
+Linux Al Longyear <longyear@pobox.com>
+NetBSD Matthew Green <mrg@eterna.com.au
+FreeBSD Peter Wemm <peter@haywire.DIALix.COM>
+NeXTStep Steve Perkins <perkins@cps.msu.edu>
+Solaris 2 Paul Mackerras <Paul.Mackerras@cs.anu.edu.au>
+SunOS 4.x Paul Mackerras <Paul.Mackerras@cs.anu.edu.au>
+System V Release 4 Matthias Apitz <Matthias.Apitz@SOFTCON.de>
+Ultrix 4.x Paul Mackerras (for want of anybody better :-)
Copyrights:
ftp://cs.anu.edu.au/pub/software/ppp/
-($Id: README,v 1.6 1996/07/03 06:47:29 paulus Exp $)
+($Id: README,v 1.11 1998/02/04 01:33:10 paulus Exp $)
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