From 4fb319056f168bb8379865b91b4fd3e1ada73f1e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Mackerras Date: Mon, 4 Jan 2021 14:20:47 +1100 Subject: [PATCH] Update README and patchlevel.h for 2.4.9 release Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras --- README | 43 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++- pppd/patchlevel.h | 4 ++-- 2 files changed, 44 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/README b/README index b25d06d..fc997f4 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -61,9 +61,50 @@ use any IP address. (This only applies where the peer is authenticating itself to you, of course.) -What's new in ppp-2.4.8. +What's new in ppp-2.4.9. ************************ +* Support for new EAP (Extensible Authentication Protocol) methods: + - Support for EAP-TLS, from Jan Just Keijser and others + - Support for EAP-MSCHAPv2, from Eivind Næss, Thomas Omerzu, Tijs + Van Buggenhout and others + +* New pppd options: + - chap-timeout + - chapms-strip-domain + - replacedefaultroute + - noreplacedefaultroute + - ipv6cp-accept-remote + - lcp-echo-adaptive + - ip-up-script + - ip-down-script + - ca + - capath + - cert + - key + - crl-dir + - crl + - max-tls-version + - need-peer-eap + +* Fixes for CVE-2020-8597 and CVE-2015-3310. + +* libpcap is now required when compiling on Linux (previously, if + libpcap was not present, pppd would be compiled without packet + filtering support). + +* The rp-pppoe plugin has been renamed to pppoe, to distinguish it + from the upstream rp-pppoe code. Its options have changed names, + but the old names are kept as aliases. + +* The configure script now supports cross-compilation. + +* Many bug fixes and cleanups. + + +What was new in ppp-2.4.8. +************************** + * New pppd options have been added: - ifname, to set the name for the PPP interface device - defaultroute-metric, to set the metric for the default route diff --git a/pppd/patchlevel.h b/pppd/patchlevel.h index 434e984..30df079 100644 --- a/pppd/patchlevel.h +++ b/pppd/patchlevel.h @@ -1,2 +1,2 @@ -#define VERSION "2.4.8" -#define DATE "31 December 2019" +#define VERSION "2.4.9" +#define DATE "5 January 2021" -- 2.39.2