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.)
+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.
+The Ultrix port is untested, as I no longer have access to an Ultrix
+box.
In each case you start by running the ./configure script. This works
out which operating system you are using and creates symbolic links to
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-2.3.2.
+
+What's new in ppp-2.3.4.
************************
+* The NeXT port has been updated, thanks to Steve Perkins.
+
+* ppp-2.3.4 compiles and works under Solaris 2.6, using either gcc or
+cc.
+
+* With the Solaris, SVR4 and SunOS ports, you can control the choice
+of C compiler, C compiler options, and installation directories by
+editing the svr4/Makedefs or sunos4/Makedefs file.
+
+* Until now, we have been using the number 24 to identify Deflate
+compression in the CCP negotiations, which was the number in the draft
+RFC describing Deflate. The number actually assigned to Deflate is
+26. The code has been changed to use 26, but to allow the use of 24
+for now for backwards compatibility. (This can be disabled with the
+`nodeflatedraft' option to pppd.)
+
+* Fixed some bugs in the linux driver and deflate compressor which
+were causing compression problems, including corrupting long
+incompressible packets sometimes.
+
+* Fixes to the PAM and shadow password support in pppd, from Al
+Longyear and others.
+
+* Pppd now sets some environment variables for scripts it invokes
+(ip-up/down, auth-ip/down), giving information about the connection.
+The variables it sets are PEERNAME, IPLOCAL, IPREMOTE, UID, DEVICE,
+SPEED, and IFNAME.
+
+* Pppd now has an `updetach' option, which will cause it to detach
+from its controlling terminal once the link has come up (i.e. once it
+is available for IP traffic).
+
+
+What was 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
* 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
ftp://cs.anu.edu.au/pub/software/ppp/
-($Id: README,v 1.10 1997/11/27 05:58:46 paulus Exp $)
+($Id: README,v 1.12 1998/03/31 04:31:33 paulus Exp $)
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