X-Git-Url: http://git.ozlabs.org/?p=ppp.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=a21d9f1dac7bfa143a5fcd334d324edbd76b3864;hp=a3bfe1730ddcc1634257c3eb83ddd4cc1303aa31;hb=6e8eaa7a78b31cdab2edf140a9c8afdb02ffaca5;hpb=da6956a56ea8550f33287fc86a960df8ce1b9af0 diff --git a/README b/README index a3bfe17..a21d9f1 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -61,9 +61,39 @@ use any IP address. (This only applies where the peer is authenticating itself to you, of course.) -What's new in ppp-2.4.5. +What's new in ppp-2.4.7. ************************ +* Fixed a potential security issue in parsing option files (CVE-2014-3158). + +* There is a new "stop-bits" option, which takes an argument of 1 or 2, + indicating the number of stop bits to use for async serial ports. + +* Various bug fixes. + + +What was new in ppp-2.4.6. +************************** + +* Man page updates. + +* Several bug fixes. + +* Options files can now set and unset environment variables for + scripts. + +* The timeout for chat scripts can now be taken from an environment + variable. + +* There is a new option, master_detach, which allows pppd to detach + from the controlling terminal when it is the multilink bundle master + but its own link has terminated, even if the nodetach option has + been given. + + +What was new in ppp-2.4.5. +************************** + * Under Linux, pppd can now operate in a mode where it doesn't request the peer's IP address, as some peers refuse to supply an IP address. Since Linux supports device routes as well as gateway routes, it's