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 (demand dialling
-doesn't work correctly). 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.
*************
be recompiled and the system rebooted. See the README.* files for
details.
+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 was new in ppp-2.3.1.
+**************************
-What's new in ppp-2.3.
-**********************
+* 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. Look for the demand
-option description in the pppd man page.
+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.
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 1.7 1996/08/28 06:30:32 paulus Exp $)
+($Id: README,v 1.11 1998/02/04 01:33:10 paulus Exp $)
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