X-Git-Url: http://git.ozlabs.org/?p=ppp.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=c4db17065490e8102780cf6fb434cc2c9df9f7c9;hp=221f23f941fd0017625b50406820c52de872addc;hb=efc4e8025a12a2337b6f0116cce491d38323f2f0;hpb=c44ba3e8fe833c35077943c7dd46df1582755302 diff --git a/README b/README index 221f23f..c4db170 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ This software consists of two parts: - Kernel code, which establishes a network interface and passes packets between the serial port, the kernel networking code and the PPP daemon (pppd). This code is implemented using STREAMS modules on -SunOS 4.x and Solaris, and as a line discipline under Linux and FreeBSD. +Solaris, and as a line discipline under Linux. - The PPP daemon (pppd), which negotiates with the peer to establish the link and sets up the ppp network interface. Pppd includes support @@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ files, are: Linux README.linux Solaris README.sol2 - SunOS 4.x README.sunos4 In each case you start by running the ./configure script. This works out which operating system you are using and creates symbolic links to @@ -60,34 +59,43 @@ authenticating itself to you, of course.) What's new in ppp-2.4.2. ************************ -* Support for MS-CHAP v2 authentication, plus support for - authenticating the peer with MS-CHAP v1 or v2. +* The CHAP code has been rewritten. Pppd now has support for MS-CHAP + V1 and V2 authentication, both as server and client. The new CHAP + code is cleaner than the old code and avoids some copyright problems + that existed in the old code. -* MPPE +* MPPE (Microsoft Point-to-Point Encryption) support has been added, + although the current implementation shouldn't be considered + completely secure. (There is no assurance that the current code + won't ever transmit an unencrypted packet.) -* CBCP updates +* James Carlson's implementation of the Extensible Authentication + Protocol (EAP) has been added. -* EAP +* Support for the Encryption Control Protocol (ECP) has been added. -* PPPOE +* Some new plug-ins have been included: + - A plug-in for kernel-mode PPPoE (PPP over Ethernet) + - A plug-in for supplying the PAP password over a pipe from another + process + - A plug-in for authenticating using a Radius server. -* Password-via-pipe plugin +* Updates and bug-fixes for the Solaris port. -* Solaris updates +* The CBCP (Call Back Control Protocol) code has been updated. There + are new options `remotenumber' and `allow-number'. -* ECP +* Extra hooks for plugins to use have been added. -* Radius plugin code included +* There is now a `maxoctets' option, which causes pppd to terminate + the link once the number of bytes passed on the link exceeds a given + value. -* Extra hooks for plugins +* There are now options to control whether pppd can use the IPCP + IP-Address and IP-Addresses options: `ipcp-no-address' and + `ipcp-no-addresses'. -* maxoctets option - -* ipcp-no-addresses and ipcp-no-address options - -* remotenumber and allow-number options - -* lock filename changes? +* Fixed several bugs, including potential buffer overflows in chat. What was new in ppp-2.4.1. @@ -127,7 +135,7 @@ What was new in ppp-2.4.0. * Multilink: this package now allows you to combine multiple serial links into one logical link or `bundle', for increased bandwidth and reduced latency. This is currently only supported under the - Linux-2.3.99pre5 or later kernels. + 2.4.x and later Linux kernels. * All the pppd processes running on a system now write information into a common database. I used the `tdb' code from samba for this. @@ -177,9 +185,8 @@ 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 -Solaris James Carlson -SunOS 4.x Adi Masputra +Linux Paul Mackerras +Solaris James Carlson Copyrights: @@ -198,4 +205,4 @@ The primary site for releases of this software is: ftp://ftp.samba.org/pub/ppp/ -($Id: README,v 1.27 2003/04/30 04:55:19 fcusack Exp $) +($Id: README,v 1.30 2003/11/27 21:32:03 paulus Exp $)