-For more information on PPP in general, you might want to check out:
- http://cs.uni-bonn.de/ppp/faq.html
- -and-
- ftp://morningstar.com/pub/papers/ppp-white-paper.ps.gz
- -and-
- http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/hypertext/faq/usenet/pdial/faq.html
- (This last is a list of internet providers)
-
-
-See the file ./README for general information regarding PPP-2.2 for
- all computer systems.
-See the file ./SETUP for general setup information for all computer systems.
-See the file ./NeXT/INSTALL for NeXT Specific installation instructions.
-See the file ./NeXT/README.NeXT for bugs.
-
-New to release 0.4.5 (LKS version 4.9 release1)
-======================================
-
- * This release is based on the third beta release of
- PPP-2.2 (ppp-2.2b3.tar.gz) by Paul Mackerras. It will
- probably be the version released along with PPP-2.2.
-
- * Some enhancements to the Example ip-up and ip-down
- scripts.
-
- * Several documentation enhancements to support the
- actual release.
-
- * Removed the new locking code. Temporarily, we continue
- to rely on the old mechanism.
-
- * This program runs on Intel, Moto, and Sparc. It apparently
- runs fine on HP until shutdown. Then there appear to be problems.
- Due to time constraints, this will have to be corrected as a patch.
- As usual, this will be available on ftp.thoughtport.com:/pub/next/ppp/.
-
-
-New to release 0.4.4 (LKS version 4.5)
-======================================
-
- * The netbuf queueing mechanism was significantly
- simplified. It is hoped that some HP memory
- alignment problems were also solved. This may
- help solve some of the mysterious panics others have
- seen.
-
- * A new locking mechanism was implemented that
- may simplify the spl() calls.
-
- * Memory allocation in BSD Compress code was cleaned up in
- an attempt to solve HP alignment problems.
-
- * Thanks go to Pete French <pete@ohm.york.ac.uk> for all the
- above modifications
-
-New to release 0.4.3 (LKS version 4.4)
-======================================
-
- * This release fixes some problems regarding
- HP and SPARC support. It is said to now run
- on Sparc. I would hope HP also but havn't heard
- yet. Thanks to Dave Hess <David-Hess@net.tamu.edu>
- for finding the problems for Sparc.
-
- * Minor documentation fixes.
-
-
-New to release 0.4.0 (LKS version 4.1 - summerb2)
-=================================================
-
- * This release is based on the second beta release
- of PPP-2.2 (ppp-2.2b2).
-
- * The default chat is now the one supplied in the beta
- PPP release. This chat will compile fine using Dev 3.3.
- However, if you are running Dev 3.2, you will not be able
- to compile the default chat (POSIX problems). In this case,
- you may use the old chat (renamed as ./chat/chat.c.3.2).
-
-
-
-New to release 0.4.0 (LKS version 4.0 - summerb1)
-=================================================
-
- * This release is based on the first beta release
- of PPP-2.2 (ppp-2.2b1).
-
- * Chat was updated in the new beta. However, because
- of broken posix functionality under NeXTSTEP (3.2) it
- will not compile properly. Therefore, the old chat
- is being used. The newer chat is backed up as
- ./chat/chat.c.orig. Those with Dev 3.3 may wish to
- try to compile to see if the posix problems were fixed.
-
- * Support for the Microsoft Call Back Configuration Protocol.
- See the file ./README.cbcp.
-
-
-
-New to release 0.3.0 (LKS version 3.0 - summera51)
-=====================================
-
- * This release is the first to be based on the fifth alpha
- release of PPP-2.2 (ppp-2.2a5).
-
- * Major kernel revision. This release attempts to merge
- the LKS written by Perkins and that written by Prindeville/French.
- The hope is that this new merged kernel will allow us to maintain
- one set of sources. This kernel, or a variant thereof, will
- probably be the one that is released with the PPP-2.2 beta
- distribution.
-
- * Fixed a bug that caused problems with NXFax's capability
- to determine port usage.
-
- * Added support for the Berkley Packet Filter (BPF) and tcpdump.
- Use of BPF requires special installation instructions. See
- the installation file for more info.
-
- * Fixed a header include problem that kept sources from compiling
- under NS 3.3 Dev. for m68k. *Sigh* I guess support for m68k
- continues to falter... :(
-
- * Officially changed the name of the log file from:
- /usr/adm/ppp2.2.debug
- -to-
- /usr/adm/ppp2.2.log
- If you are upgrading, you should change the name of the file
- in /etc/syslog.conf. Remember to watch out for the tab character
- and remember to create the initial file. For more information see
- ./NeXT/INSTALL.
-
- This change was done so that the file could be opened from the
- workspace. There was a naming conflict with the .debug extension.
- Note also, that this name is a bit different than that suggested in
- the ./SETUP file.
-
- * Fixed a problem with the pppd option 'local'.
-
-As part of a5:
-
- * Fixed a bug in pppd that would allow service (under some circumstances)
- to peers who refuse to authenticate.
-
- * Fixed a bug with CCP negotiation.
-
- * Fixed a bug that caused negotation with an NT RAS PPP server to fail.
-
-
-New to release 1.9 (LKS version 2.1)
-=====================================
-
- * Support for NS Sparc has been added. Sparc users note, the SUN
- serial driver in the pre-release was not very robust at high speeds.
- This has been fixed for the final release. This could cause problems
- with testing on Sparc. Low bps rates should be OK...like 2400 to
- maybe 9600 with low system activity. Thanks go to
- John Landwehr <John_Landwehr@NeXT.COM> for this work.
-
- * Fixed a nasty little bug that degraded performance of multiple
- interfaces on Intel systems.
-
- * Added support for IP address filtering. This allows
- detection and prevetion of IP address spoofing. Check out
- the new ./pppexclude directory. Thanks to
- Lawrence E. Freil <lef@woods.com> for this code.
-
- * More support for multiple ppp connections to different
- hosts. Check out ./Examples/ppp_multiple_hosts.tar.gz.
- Thanks to Jonathan Adams <jonathan@filoli.com> for this
- code.
-
- * Modified lock file for better UUCP interaction. Special
- thanks to Kim Shrier <kim@tinker.com> for this code.
-
- * Fixed the new 3.3 multicast warning.
-
- * Improved installation documentation.