+* Pppd now has an `updetach' option, which will cause it to detach
+from its controlling terminal once the link has come up (i.e. once it
+is available for IP traffic).
+
+
+What was new in ppp-2.3.3.
+**************************
+
+* Fixed compilation problems under SunOS.
+
+* Fixed a bug introduced into chat in 2.3.2, and compilation problems
+introduced into the MS-CHAP implementation in 2.3.2.
+
+* The linux kernel driver has been updated for recent 2.1-series
+kernel changes, and it now will ask kerneld to load compression
+modules when required, if the kernel is configured to support kerneld.
+
+* Pppd should now compile correctly under linux on systems with glibc.
+
+
+What was new in ppp-2.3.2.
+**************************
+
+* In 2.3.1, I made a change which was intended to make pppd able to
+detect loss of CD during or immediately after the connection script
+runs. Unfortunately, this had the side-effect that the connection
+script wouldn't work at all on some systems. This change has been
+reversed.
+
+* Fix compilation problems in the Linux kernel driver.
+
+
+What was new in ppp-2.3.1.
+**************************
+
+* Enhancements to chat, thanks to Francis Demierre. Chat can now
+accept comments in the chat script file, and has new SAY, HANGUP,
+CLR_ABORT and CLR_REPORT keywords.
+
+* Fixed a bug which causes 2.3.0 to crash Solaris systems.
+
+* Bug-fixes and restructuring of the Linux kernel driver.
+
+* The holdoff behaviour of pppd has been changed slightly: now, if
+the link comes up for IP (or other network protocol) traffic, we
+consider that the link has been successfully established, and don't
+enforce the holdoff period after the link goes down.
+
+* Pppd should now correctly wait for CD (carrier detect) from the
+modem, even when the serial port initially had CLOCAL set, and it
+should also detect loss of CD during or immediately after the
+connection script runs.
+
+* Under linux, pppd will work with older 2.2.0* version kernel
+drivers, although demand-dialling is not supported with them.
+
+* Minor bugfixes for pppd.
+
+
+What was new in ppp-2.3.
+************************
+
+* Demand-dialling. Pppd now has a mode where it will establish the
+network interface immediately when it starts, but not actually bring
+the link up until it sees some data to be sent. Look for the demand
+option description in the pppd man page. Demand-dialling is not
+supported under Ultrix or NeXTStep.
+
+* Idle timeout. Pppd will optionally terminate the link if no data
+packets are sent or received within a certain time interval.
+
+* Pppd now runs the /etc/ppp/auth-up script, if it exists, when the
+peer successfully authenticates itself, and /etc/ppp/auth-down when
+the connection is subsequently terminated. This can be useful for
+accounting purposes.
+
+* A new packet compression scheme, Deflate, has been implemented.
+This uses the same compression method as `gzip'. This method is free
+of patent or copyright restrictions, and it achieves better
+compression than BSD-Compress. It does consume more CPU cycles for
+compression than BSD-Compress, but this shouldn't be a problem for
+links running at 100kbit/s or less.
+
+* There is no code in this distribution which is covered by Brad
+Clements' restrictive copyright notice. The STREAMS modules for SunOS
+and OSF/1 have been rewritten, based on the Solaris 2 modules, which
+were written from scratch without any Clements code.
+
+* Pppstats has been reworked to clean up the output format somewhat.
+It also has a new -d option which displays data rate in kbyte/s for
+those columns which would normally display bytes.
+
+* Pppd options beginning with - or + have been renamed, e.g. -ip
+became noip, +chap became require-chap, etc. The old options are
+still accepted for compatibility but may be removed in future.
+
+* Pppd now has some options (such as the new `noauth' option) which
+can only be specified if it is being run by root, or in an
+"privileged" options file: /etc/ppp/options or an options file in the
+/etc/ppp/peers directory. There is a new "call" option to read
+options from a file in /etc/ppp/peers, making it possible for non-root
+users to make unauthenticated connections, but only to certain trusted
+peers. My intention is to make the `auth' option the default in a
+future release.
+
+* Several minor new features have been added to pppd, including the
+maxconnect and welcome options. Pppd will now terminate the
+connection when there are no network control protocols running. The
+allowed IP address(es) field in the secrets files can now specify
+subnets (with a notation like 123.45.67.89/24) and addresses which are
+not acceptable (put a ! on the front).
+
+* Numerous bugs have been fixed (no doubt some have been introduced :-)
+Thanks to those who reported bugs in ppp-2.2.
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