X-Git-Url: https://git.ozlabs.org/?p=ppp.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=d5e8421a16caa7fb61df1efafcd6a35c7c5bbec4;hp=0a571d7abf6dae00e276ac619e2e25c3a7251f85;hb=c9ac1d31b8c373fa5d5b26d6a04562c3dd3459d3;hpb=4d5401a1de510cdbb89cf10bc5956774c62683be diff --git a/README b/README index 0a571d7..d5e8421 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -3,10 +3,12 @@ Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) to provide Internet connections over serial lines. In this first beta release, the ports for SunOS, Solaris, NetBSD and -OSF/1 are believed to be working correctly. The Linux port mostly -works, but still has some known bugs. The remaining ports haven't -been tested extensively. For information on the current status of the -NeXTStep port, see http://www.thoughtport.com:8080/PPP/. +Digital Unix (OSF/1) are believed to be working correctly. The Linux +port mostly works, but still has some known bugs (demand dialling +doesn't work correctly). The remaining ports haven't been tested +extensively. The NeXTStep port is not included here since it hasn't +been updated from 2.2 yet. For information on its current status, see +http://www.thoughtport.com:8080/PPP/. Introduction. @@ -15,7 +17,7 @@ Introduction. The Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) provides a standard way to establish a network connection over a serial link. At present, this package supports IP and the protocols layered above IP, such as TCP and UDP. -The Linux port of this package also supports IPX. +The Linux port of this package also has support for IPX. This software consists of two parts: @@ -40,14 +42,17 @@ system, which contains more specific details for installing PPP on that system. The supported systems, and the corresponding README files, are: - SunOS 4.x README.sunos4 - NetBSD, FreeBSD README.bsd - Ultrix 4.x README.ultrix + Digital Unix (OSF/1) README.osf Linux README.linux - OSF/1 README.osf + NetBSD, FreeBSD README.bsd NeXTStep README.next Solaris 2 README.sol2 + SunOS 4.x README.sunos4 System V Release 4 README.svr4 + Ultrix 4.x README.ultrix + +(Unfortunately, AIX 4 is no longer supported, since I don't have a +maintainer for the AIX 4 port. If you want to volunteer, contact me.) In each case you start by running the ./configure script. This works out which operating system you are using and creates symbolic links to @@ -61,32 +66,31 @@ kernel using a `modload' facility. On others, the kernel image has to be recompiled and the system rebooted. See the README.* files for details. -(Unfortunately, AIX 4 is no longer supported, since I don't have a -maintainer for the AIX 4 port. If you want to volunteer, contact me.) - What's 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. +the link up until it sees some data to be sent. Look for the demand +option description in the pppd man page. * 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. +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 won't be a problem for links -running at 100kbit/s or less. +compression than BSD-Compress, but this shouldn't be a problem for +links running at 100kbit/s or less. -* There is now no code in this distribution which is covered by Brad +* 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. @@ -95,6 +99,29 @@ were written from scratch without any Clements code. 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. + Patents. ******** @@ -152,4 +179,4 @@ The primary site for releases of this software is: ftp://cs.anu.edu.au/pub/software/ppp/ -($Id: README,v 1.5 1996/07/01 05:27:42 paulus Exp $) +($Id: README,v 1.7 1996/08/28 06:30:32 paulus Exp $)