X-Git-Url: https://git.ozlabs.org/?p=ppp.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=b25d06db325a8abcea3efd8be633e7b6d076e715;hp=a3bfe1730ddcc1634257c3eb83ddd4cc1303aa31;hb=f494dfbb02cbf92b0c065d65c8a1dc3edcd80adb;hpb=da6956a56ea8550f33287fc86a960df8ce1b9af0 diff --git a/README b/README index a3bfe17..b25d06d 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -61,9 +61,63 @@ use any IP address. (This only applies where the peer is authenticating itself to you, of course.) -What's new in ppp-2.4.5. +What's 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 + - defaultroute6, to add an IPv6 default route (with nodefaultroute6 + to prevent adding an IPv6 default route) + - up_sdnotify, to have pppd notify systemd when the link is up. + +* The rp-pppoe plugin has new options: + - host-uniq, to set the Host-Uniq value to send + - pppoe-padi-timeout, to set the timeout for discovery packets + - pppoe-padi-attempts, to set the number of discovery attempts. + +* Added the CLASS attribute in radius packets. + +* Sundry bug fixes. + +* Fixed warnings and issues found by static analysis. + +* Added Submitting-patches.md. + + +What was new in ppp-2.4.7. +************************** + +* Fixed a potential security issue in parsing option files (CVE-2014-3158). + +* There is a new "stop-bits" option, which takes an argument of 1 or 2, + indicating the number of stop bits to use for async serial ports. + +* Various bug fixes. + + +What was new in ppp-2.4.6. +************************** + +* Man page updates. + +* Several bug fixes. + +* Options files can now set and unset environment variables for + scripts. + +* The timeout for chat scripts can now be taken from an environment + variable. + +* There is a new option, master_detach, which allows pppd to detach + from the controlling terminal when it is the multilink bundle master + but its own link has terminated, even if the nodetach option has + been given. + + +What was new in ppp-2.4.5. +************************** + * Under Linux, pppd can now operate in a mode where it doesn't request the peer's IP address, as some peers refuse to supply an IP address. Since Linux supports device routes as well as gateway routes, it's