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.
*************
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-2.3.4.
+************************
+
+* 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's new in ppp-2.3.
-**********************
+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.
+**************************
+
+* 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 1.12 1998/03/31 04:31:33 paulus Exp $)
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