From 7f4c660a1d3d3ff2177b5335f815ee18d03d49f5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Mackerras Date: Thu, 23 Dec 1999 01:41:08 +0000 Subject: update for 2.3.11 --- README | 43 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 40 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'README') diff --git a/README b/README index b082eb5..188807e 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -69,9 +69,46 @@ use any IP address. (This only applies where the peer is authenticating itself to you, of course.) -What's new in ppp-2.3.10. +What's new in ppp-2.3.11. ************************* +* Support for Solaris 8 has been added, including support for + replumbing and IPV6. + +* The Solaris `snoop' utility should now work on ppp interfaces. + +* New hooks have been added - pap_logout_hook, ip_up_hook, and + ip_down_hook. + +* A new `passprompt' plugin is included, thanks to Alan Curry, which + makes it possible for pppd to call an external program to get the + PAP password to send to the peer. + +* The error messages for the situation where authentication is + required because the system has a default route have been improved. + +* There is a new connect_delay option which specifies how long pppd + should pause after the connect script finishes. Previously this + delay was fixed at 1 second. (This delay terminates as soon as pppd + sees a valid PPP frame from the peer.) + +* The `hide-password' option is now the default, and there is a new + `show-password' option to enable the printing of password strings in + the debug output. + +* A fairly complete list of the names of PPP protocols has been added + so that when pppd rejects a frame because its protocol is not + supported, it can print the name of the unsupported protocol. + +* Synchronous serial lines are supported under Linux 2.3.x. + +* The bug where pppd would not recognize a modem hangup under Linux + 2.3.x kernels has been fixed. + + +What was new in ppp-2.3.10. +*************************** + * Pppd now supports `plugins', which are pieces of code (packaged as shared libraries) which can be loaded into pppd at runtime and which can affect its behaviour. The intention is that plugins provide a @@ -514,7 +551,7 @@ questions like this that I get. If you find bugs in this package, please report them to the maintainer for the port for the operating system you are using: -Linux Paul Mackerras +Linux Paul Mackerras Solaris 2 Adi Masputra SunOS 4.x Adi Masputra Digital Unix (OSF/1) Sowmini Varadhan @@ -541,4 +578,4 @@ The primary site for releases of this software is: ftp://cs.anu.edu.au/pub/software/ppp/ -($Id: README,v 1.21 1999/09/17 05:20:36 paulus Exp $) +($Id: README,v 1.22 1999/12/23 01:40:09 paulus Exp $) -- cgit v1.2.1