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authorPaul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>1996-07-03 06:47:29 +0000
committerPaul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>1996-07-03 06:47:29 +0000
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@@ -3,10 +3,11 @@ 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. 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.
@@ -40,14 +41,14 @@ 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
In each case you start by running the ./configure script. This works
out which operating system you are using and creates symbolic links to
@@ -95,6 +96,20 @@ 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.
+
+* 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 +167,4 @@ 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 1.6 1996/07/03 06:47:29 paulus Exp $)