+What's new in ppp-2.3.11.
+*************************
+
+* Support for Solaris 8 has been added, including support for
+ replumbing and IPV6.
+
+* The Solaris `snoop' utility should now work on ppp interfaces.
+
+* New hooks have been added - pap_logout_hook, ip_up_hook, and
+ ip_down_hook.
+
+* A new `passprompt' plugin is included, thanks to Alan Curry, which
+ makes it possible for pppd to call an external program to get the
+ PAP password to send to the peer.
+
+* The error messages for the situation where authentication is
+ required because the system has a default route have been improved.
+
+* There is a new connect_delay option which specifies how long pppd
+ should pause after the connect script finishes. Previously this
+ delay was fixed at 1 second. (This delay terminates as soon as pppd
+ sees a valid PPP frame from the peer.)
+
+* The `hide-password' option is now the default, and there is a new
+ `show-password' option to enable the printing of password strings in
+ the debug output.
+
+* A fairly complete list of the names of PPP protocols has been added
+ so that when pppd rejects a frame because its protocol is not
+ supported, it can print the name of the unsupported protocol.
+
+* Synchronous serial lines are supported under Linux 2.3.x.
+
+* The bug where pppd would not recognize a modem hangup under Linux
+ 2.3.x kernels has been fixed.
+
+
+What was new in ppp-2.3.10.
+***************************
+
+* Pppd now supports `plugins', which are pieces of code (packaged as
+ shared libraries) which can be loaded into pppd at runtime and which
+ can affect its behaviour. The intention is that plugins provide a
+ way for people to customize the behaviour of pppd for their own
+ needs without needing to change the base pppd source. I have added
+ some hooks into pppd (places where pppd will call a function
+ pointer, if non-zero, to replace some of pppd's code) and I will be
+ receptive to suggestions about places to add more hooks. Plugins
+ are supported under Linux and Solaris at present.
+
+* We have a new maintainer for the Solaris port, Adi Masputra of Sun
+ Microsystems, and he has updated the Solaris port so that it should
+ work on 64-bit machines under Solaris 7 and later.
+
+* Pppd now has an `allow-ip' option, which takes an argument which is
+ an IP address (or subnet) which peers are permitted to use without
+ authenticating themselves. The argument takes the same form as each
+ element of the allowed IP address list in the secrets files. The
+ allow-ip option is privileged and may be specified multiple times.
+ Using the allow-ip option should be cleaner than putting a line like
+ `"" * "" address' in /etc/ppp/pap-secrets.
+
+* Chat can now substitute environment variables into the script. This
+ is enabled by the -E flag. (Thanks to Andreas Arens for the patch.)
+
+* If the PAP username and password from the peer contains unprintable
+ characters, they will be translated to a printable form before
+ looking in the pap-secrets file. Characters >= 0x80 are translated
+ to a M- form, and characters from 0 to 0x1f (and 0x7f as well) are
+ translated to a ^X form. If this change causes you grief, let me
+ know what would be a better translation. It appears that some peers
+ send nulls or other control characters in their usernames and
+ passwords.
+
+* Pppd has new `ktune' and `noktune' options, which enable/disable
+ it to change kernel settings as appropriate. This is only
+ implemented under Linux, and requires the /proc filesystem to be
+ mounted. Under Linux, with the ktune option, pppd will enable IP
+ forwarding in the kernel if the proxyarp option is used, and will
+ enable the dynamic IP address kernel option in demand mode if the
+ local IP address changes.
+
+* Pppd no longer requires a remote address to be specified for demand
+ dialling. If none is specified, it will use a default value of
+ 10.112.112.112+unit_number. (It will not propose this default to
+ the peer.)
+
+* The default holdoff is now 0 if no connect script is given.
+
+* The IPV6 code from Tommi Komulainen, which I unfortunately only
+ partially merged in to ppp-2.3.9, has been fixed and updated.
+
+* The linux compilation glitches should be fixed now.
+
+
+What was new in ppp-2.3.9.
+**************************
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