X-Git-Url: http://git.ozlabs.org/?p=ppp.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=da1460ee5931da9eff509dbedd6dcff13d4845bb;hp=0ce0fa206658b49f344c07c0f0d800eb917c8c81;hb=3af7b529609dfc5ef233634f3a17d091e2234252;hpb=745f1b59d38e294452a502e4df4149902946f18d;ds=sidebyside diff --git a/README b/README index 0ce0fa2..da1460e 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -86,6 +86,12 @@ What's new in ppp-2.3.9. peer. It doesn't apply it if the link was terminated because the local pppd thought it was idle. +* Synchronous support for Solaris has been added, thanks to John + Morrison, and for FreeBSD, thanks to Paul Fulghum. + +* IPV6 support has been merged in, from Tommi Komulainen. At the + moment it only supports Linux and it is not tested by me. + * The `nodefaultip' option can be used in demand mode to say that pppd should not suggest its local IP address to the peer. @@ -97,6 +103,14 @@ What's new in ppp-2.3.9. * There is a new `logfile' option to send log messages to a file as well as syslog. +* There is a new, privileged `linkname' option which sets a logical + name for the link. Pppd will create a /var/run/ppp-.pid + file containing its process ID. + +* There is a new `maxfail' option which specifies how many consecutive + failed connection attempts are permitted before pppd will exit. The + default value is 10, and 0 means infinity. :-) + * Sundry bugs fixed. @@ -403,6 +417,19 @@ not acceptable (put a ! on the front). Thanks to those who reported bugs in ppp-2.2. +Compression methods. +******************** + +This package supports two packet compression methods: Deflate and +BSD-Compress. Other compression methods which are in common use +include Predictor, LZS, and MPPC. These methods are not supported for +two reasons - they are patent-encumbered, and they cause some packets +to expand slightly, which pppd doesn't currently allow for. +BSD-Compress is also patent-encumbered (its inclusion in this package +can be considered a historical anomaly :-) but it doesn't ever expand +packets. Neither does Deflate, which uses the same algorithm as gzip. + + Patents. ******** @@ -430,7 +457,7 @@ 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 2 Paul Mackerras +Solaris 2 Paul Mackerras (for want of anybody better :-) SunOS 4.x Paul Mackerras (for want of anybody better :-) Digital Unix (OSF/1) Sowmini Varadhan NetBSD Matthew Green @@ -443,7 +470,9 @@ Ultrix 4.x Paul Mackerras (for want of anybody better :-) Copyrights: *********** -All of the code can be freely used and redistributed. +All of the code can be freely used and redistributed. The individual +source files each have their own copyright and permission notice; some +have a BSD-style notice and some are under the GPL. Distribution: @@ -454,4 +483,4 @@ The primary site for releases of this software is: ftp://cs.anu.edu.au/pub/software/ppp/ -($Id: README,v 1.18 1999/07/23 07:07:33 paulus Exp $) +($Id: README,v 1.19 1999/08/13 01:54:02 paulus Exp $)