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@@ -67,9 +67,44 @@ use any IP address.  (This only applies where the peer is
 authenticating itself to you, of course.)
 
 
-What's new in ppp-2.3.5.
+What's new in ppp-2.3.6.
 ************************
 
+* Pppd now opens the tty device as the user (rather than as root) if
+  the device name was given by the user, i.e. on the command line or
+  in the ~/.ppprc file.  If the device name was given in
+  /etc/ppp/options or in a file loaded with the `call' option, the
+  device is opened as root.
+
+* The default behaviour of pppd is now to let a peer which has not
+  authenticated itself (e.g. your ISP) use any IP address to which the
+  system does not already have a route.  (This is currently only
+  supported under Linux, Solaris and Digital Unix; on the other
+  systems, the peer must now authenticate itself unless the noauth
+  option is used.)
+
+* Added new option `usepeerdns', thanks to Nick Walker
+  <nickwalker@email.com>.  If the peer supplies DNS addresses, these
+  will be written to /etc/ppp/resolv.conf.  The ip-up script can then
+  be used to add these addresses to /etc/resolv.conf if desired (see
+  the ip-up.local.add and ip-down.local.add files in the scripts
+  directory).
+
+* The Solaris ppp driver should now work correctly on SMP systems.
+
+* Minor corrections so that the code can compile under Solaris 7,
+  and under Linux with glibc-2.1.
+
+* The Linux kernel driver has been restructured for improved
+  performance.
+
+* Pppd now won't start the ip-down script until the ip-up script has
+  finished.
+
+
+What was new in ppp-2.3.5.
+**************************
+
 * Minor corrections to the Digital UNIX and NetBSD ports.
 
 * A workaround to avoid tickling a bug in the `se' serial port driver
@@ -255,13 +290,13 @@ questions like this that I get.
 If you find bugs in this package, please report them to the maintainer
 for the port for the operating system you are using:
 
-Digital Unix (OSF/1)   Farrell Woods <ftw@zk3.dec.com>
-Linux                  Al Longyear <longyear@pobox.com>
-NetBSD                 Matthew Green <mrg@eterna.com.au
+Digital Unix (OSF/1)   Sowmini Varadhan <varadhan@zk3.dec.com>
+Linux                  Paul Mackerras <Paul.Mackerras@cs.anu.edu.au>
+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>
+SunOS 4.x              Paul Mackerras (for want of anybody better :-)
 System V Release 4     Matthias Apitz <Matthias.Apitz@SOFTCON.de>
 Ultrix 4.x             Paul Mackerras (for want of anybody better :-)
 
@@ -280,4 +315,4 @@ The primary site for releases of this software is:
        ftp://cs.anu.edu.au/pub/software/ppp/
 
 
-($Id: README,v 1.13 1998/05/04 06:14:31 paulus Exp $)
+($Id: README,v 1.15 1999/03/10 05:10:47 paulus Exp $)