X-Git-Url: http://git.ozlabs.org/?p=ppp.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=188807e39a6209f8d7cb5a2a98a9e45ee3c6e1f2;hp=b082eb5e9dbb7f36be45782f0e82ef85990fe834;hb=cf73702697c68556cb5b41944d7646b1d75f3f28;hpb=5755b0122ae26624b5f8bab08851014ba5a4770d;ds=sidebyside diff --git a/README b/README index b082eb5..188807e 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -69,9 +69,46 @@ use any IP address. (This only applies where the peer is authenticating itself to you, of course.) -What's new in ppp-2.3.10. +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 @@ -514,7 +551,7 @@ 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: -Linux Paul Mackerras +Linux Paul Mackerras Solaris 2 Adi Masputra SunOS 4.x Adi Masputra Digital Unix (OSF/1) Sowmini Varadhan @@ -541,4 +578,4 @@ The primary site for releases of this software is: ftp://cs.anu.edu.au/pub/software/ppp/ -($Id: README,v 1.21 1999/09/17 05:20:36 paulus Exp $) +($Id: README,v 1.22 1999/12/23 01:40:09 paulus Exp $)