X-Git-Url: http://git.ozlabs.org/?p=ppp.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=e01675ffd7c33f9e1035f8027b067b7982025226;hp=eb8aad69ac487e698427423cd198b36c4999e3b4;hb=9b4646bd15f16035b8ff161730b3da9df3fb4713;hpb=d2405cd92079b1d9c1b2c86ed1517c2a7fed3ccd diff --git a/README b/README index eb8aad6..e01675f 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -69,9 +69,54 @@ use any IP address. (This only applies where the peer is authenticating itself to you, of course.) -What's new in ppp-2.3.8. +What's new in ppp-2.3.9. ************************ +* Support for the new generic PPP layer under development for the + Linux kernel. + +* You can now place extra options to apply to specific users at the + end of the line with their password in the pap-secrets or + chap-secrets file, separated from the IP address(es) with a "--" + separator. These options are parsed after the peer is authenticated + but before network protocol (IPCP, IPXCP) or CCP negotiation + commences. + +* Pppd will apply the holdoff period if the link was terminated by the + 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. + +* The `init' option has been added; this causes pppd to run a script + to initialize the serial device (e.g. by sending an init string to + the modem). Unlike the connect option, this can be used in a + dial-in situation. (Thanks to Tobias Ringstrom.) + +* 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. + + +What was new in ppp-2.3.8. +************************** + * The exit status of pppd will now indicate whether the link was successfully established, or if not, what error was encountered. @@ -372,6 +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. ******** @@ -399,8 +457,8 @@ 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 -SunOS 4.x Paul Mackerras (for want of anybody better :-) +Solaris 2 Adi Masputra +SunOS 4.x Adi Masputra Digital Unix (OSF/1) Sowmini Varadhan NetBSD Matthew Green FreeBSD Peter Wemm @@ -412,7 +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: @@ -423,4 +483,4 @@ The primary site for releases of this software is: ftp://cs.anu.edu.au/pub/software/ppp/ -($Id: README,v 1.17 1999/05/13 00:30:16 paulus Exp $) +($Id: README,v 1.20 1999/08/19 19:26:03 masputra Exp $)