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diff --git a/mdk-stage1/ppp/README b/mdk-stage1/ppp/README deleted file mode 100644 index aa1e5f9c2..000000000 --- a/mdk-stage1/ppp/README +++ /dev/null @@ -1,168 +0,0 @@ -This is the README file for ppp-2.4, a package which implements the -Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) to provide Internet connections over -serial lines. - - -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 and Solaris ports of this package have optional support for -IPV6; the Linux port of this package also has support for IPX. - -This software consists of two parts: - -- Kernel code, which establishes a network interface and passes -packets between the serial port, the kernel networking code and the -PPP daemon (pppd). This code is implemented using STREAMS modules on -SunOS 4.x and Solaris, and as a line discipline under Linux and FreeBSD. - -- The PPP daemon (pppd), which negotiates with the peer to establish -the link and sets up the ppp network interface. Pppd includes support -for authentication, so you can control which other systems may make a -PPP connection and what IP addresses they may use. - -The primary platforms supported by this package are Linux and Solaris. -Code for SunOS 4.x is included here but is largely untested. I have -code for NeXTStep, FreeBSD, SVR4, Tru64 (Digital Unix), AIX and Ultrix -but no active maintainers for these platforms. Code for all of these -except AIX is included in the ppp-2.3.11 release. - - -Installation. -************* - -The file SETUP contains general information about setting up your -system for using PPP. There is also a README file for each supported -system, which contains more specific details for installing PPP on -that system. The supported systems, and the corresponding README -files, are: - - Linux README.linux - Solaris 2 README.sol2 - SunOS 4.x README.sunos4 - -In each case you start by running the ./configure script. This works -out which operating system you are using and creates symbolic links to -the appropriate makefiles. You then run `make' to compile the -user-level code, and (as root) `make install' to install the -user-level programs pppd, chat and pppstats. - -N.B. Since 2.3.0, leaving the permitted IP addresses column of the -pap-secrets or chap-secrets file empty means that no addresses are -permitted. You need to put a "*" in that column to allow the peer to -use any IP address. (This only applies where the peer is -authenticating itself to you, of course.) - - -What's new in ppp-2.4.1. -************************ - -* Pppd can now print out the set of options that are in effect. The - new `dump' option causes pppd to print out the option values after - option parsing is complete. The `dryrun' option causes pppd to - print the options and then exit. - -* The option parsing code has been fixed so that options in the - per-tty options file are parsed correctly, and don't override values - from the command line in most cases. - -* The plugin option now looks in /usr/lib/pppd/<pppd-version> (for - example, /usr/lib/pppd/2.4.1b1) for shared objects for plugins if - there is no slash in the plugin name. - -* When loading a plugin, pppd will now check the version of pppd for - which the plugin was compiled, and refuse to load it if it is - different to pppd's version string. To enable this, the plugin - source needs to #include "pppd.h" and have a line saying: - char pppd_version[] = VERSION; - -* There is a bug in zlib, discovered by James Carlson, which can cause - kernel memory corruption if Deflate is used with the lowest setting, - 8. As a workaround pppd will now insist on using at least 9. - -* Pppd should compile on Solaris and SunOS again. - -* Pppd should now set the MTU correctly on demand-dialled interfaces. - - -What was new in ppp-2.4.0. -************************** - -* Multilink: this package now allows you to combine multiple serial - links into one logical link or `bundle', for increased bandwidth and - reduced latency. This is currently only supported under the - Linux-2.3.99pre5 or later kernels. - -* All the pppd processes running on a system now write information - into a common database. I used the `tdb' code from samba for this. - -* New hooks have been added. - -For a list of the changes made during the 2.3 series releases of this -package, see the Changes-2.3 file. - - -Compression methods. -******************** - -This package supports two packet compression methods: Deflate and -BSD-Compress. Other compression methods which are in common use -include Predictor, LZS, and MPPC. These methods are not supported for -two reasons - they are patent-encumbered, and they cause some packets -to expand slightly, which pppd doesn't currently allow for. -BSD-Compress is also patent-encumbered (its inclusion in this package -can be considered a historical anomaly :-) but it doesn't ever expand -packets. Neither does Deflate, which uses the same algorithm as gzip. - - -Patents. -******** - -The BSD-Compress algorithm used for packet compression is the same as -that used in the Unix "compress" command. It is apparently covered by -U.S. patents 4,814,746 (owned by IBM) and 4,558,302 (owned by Unisys), -and corresponding patents in various other countries (but not -Australia). If this is of concern, you can build the package without -including BSD-Compress. To do this, edit net/ppp-comp.h to change the -definition of DO_BSD_COMPRESS to 0. The bsd-comp.c files are then no -longer needed, so the references to bsd-comp.o may optionally be -removed from the Makefiles. - - -Contacts. -********* - -The comp.protocols.ppp newsgroup is a useful place to get help if you -have trouble getting your ppp connections to work. Please do not send -me questions of the form "please help me get connected to my ISP" - -I'm sorry, but I simply do not have the time to answer all the -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 <paulus@linuxcare.com> -Solaris 2 James Carlson <james.d.carlson@east.sun.com> -SunOS 4.x Adi Masputra <adi.masputra@sun.com> - - -Copyrights: -*********** - -All of the code can be freely used and redistributed. The individual -source files each have their own copyright and permission notice; some -have a BSD-style notice and some are under the GPL. - - -Distribution: -************* - -The primary site for releases of this software is: - - ftp://linuxcare.com.au/pub/ppp/ - - -($Id$) |