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-# $FreeBSD$
-
-This is the README file for ppp-2.3, 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 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, Solaris 2.x, System V Release 4, and OSF/1, and as a
-line discipline under Ultrix, NextStep, NetBSD, FreeBSD, and Linux.
-
-- 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.
-
-
-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:
-
- Digital Unix (OSF/1) README.osf
- Linux README.linux
- 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.
-The Ultrix port is untested, as I no longer have access to an Ultrix
-box.
-
-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.
-
-The procedures for installing the kernel code vary from system to
-system. On some systems, the kernel code can be loaded into a running
-kernel using a `modload' facility. On others, the kernel image has to
-be recompiled and the system rebooted. See the README.* files for
-details.
-
-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-2.3.5.
-************************
-
-* Minor corrections to the Digital UNIX and NetBSD ports.
-
-* A workaround to avoid tickling a bug in the `se' serial port driver
-on Sun PCI Ultra machines running Solaris.
-
-* Fixed a bug in the negotiation of the Microsoft WINS server address
-option.
-
-* Fixed a bug in the Linux port where it would fail for kernel
-versions above 2.1.99.
-
-
-What was new in ppp-2.3.4.
-**************************
-
-* The NeXT port has been updated, thanks to Steve Perkins.
-
-* ppp-2.3.4 compiles and works under Solaris 2.6, using either gcc or
-cc.
-
-* With the Solaris, SVR4 and SunOS ports, you can control the choice
-of C compiler, C compiler options, and installation directories by
-editing the svr4/Makedefs or sunos4/Makedefs file.
-
-* Until now, we have been using the number 24 to identify Deflate
-compression in the CCP negotiations, which was the number in the draft
-RFC describing Deflate. The number actually assigned to Deflate is
-26. The code has been changed to use 26, but to allow the use of 24
-for now for backwards compatibility. (This can be disabled with the
-`nodeflatedraft' option to pppd.)
-
-* Fixed some bugs in the linux driver and deflate compressor which
-were causing compression problems, including corrupting long
-incompressible packets sometimes.
-
-* Fixes to the PAM and shadow password support in pppd, from Al
-Longyear and others.
-
-* Pppd now sets some environment variables for scripts it invokes
-(ip-up/down, auth-ip/down), giving information about the connection.
-The variables it sets are PEERNAME, IPLOCAL, IPREMOTE, UID, DEVICE,
-SPEED, and IFNAME.
-
-* Pppd now has an `updetach' option, which will cause it to detach
-from its controlling terminal once the link has come up (i.e. once it
-is available for IP traffic).
-
-
-What was new in ppp-2.3.3.
-**************************
-
-* Fixed compilation problems under SunOS.
-
-* Fixed a bug introduced into chat in 2.3.2, and compilation problems
-introduced into the MS-CHAP implementation in 2.3.2.
-
-* The linux kernel driver has been updated for recent 2.1-series
-kernel changes, and it now will ask kerneld to load compression
-modules when required, if the kernel is configured to support kerneld.
-
-* Pppd should now compile correctly under linux on systems with glibc.
-
-
-What was new in ppp-2.3.2.
-**************************
-
-* In 2.3.1, I made a change which was intended to make pppd able to
-detect loss of CD during or immediately after the connection script
-runs. Unfortunately, this had the side-effect that the connection
-script wouldn't work at all on some systems. This change has been
-reversed.
-
-* Fix compilation problems in the Linux kernel driver.
-
-
-What was new in ppp-2.3.1.
-**************************
-
-* Enhancements to chat, thanks to Francis Demierre. Chat can now
-accept comments in the chat script file, and has new SAY, HANGUP,
-CLR_ABORT and CLR_REPORT keywords.
-
-* Fixed a bug which causes 2.3.0 to crash Solaris systems.
-
-* Bug-fixes and restructuring of the Linux kernel driver.
-
-* The holdoff behaviour of pppd has been changed slightly: now, if
-the link comes up for IP (or other network protocol) traffic, we
-consider that the link has been successfully established, and don't
-enforce the holdoff period after the link goes down.
-
-* Pppd should now correctly wait for CD (carrier detect) from the
-modem, even when the serial port initially had CLOCAL set, and it
-should also detect loss of CD during or immediately after the
-connection script runs.
-
-* Under linux, pppd will work with older 2.2.0* version kernel
-drivers, although demand-dialling is not supported with them.
-
-* Minor bugfixes for pppd.
-
-
-What was 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. Look for the demand
-option description in the pppd man page. Demand-dialling is not
-supported under Ultrix or NeXTStep.
-
-* 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. 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 shouldn't be a problem for
-links running at 100kbit/s or less.
-
-* 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.
-
-* Pppstats has been reworked to clean up the output format somewhat.
-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.
-********
-
-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:
-
-Digital Unix (OSF/1) Farrell Woods <ftw@zk3.dec.com>
-Linux Al Longyear <longyear@pobox.com>
-NetBSD Matthew Green <mrg@eterna.com.au
-FreeBSD Peter Wemm <peter@haywire.DIALix.COM>
-NeXTStep Steve Perkins <perkins@cps.msu.edu>
-Solaris 2 Paul Mackerras <Paul.Mackerras@cs.anu.edu.au>
-SunOS 4.x Paul Mackerras <Paul.Mackerras@cs.anu.edu.au>
-System V Release 4 Matthias Apitz <Matthias.Apitz@SOFTCON.de>
-Ultrix 4.x Paul Mackerras (for want of anybody better :-)
-
-
-Copyrights:
-***********
-
-All of the code can be freely used and redistributed.
-
-
-Distribution:
-*************
-
-The primary site for releases of this software is:
-
- ftp://cs.anu.edu.au/pub/software/ppp/
-
--------------------------
-This is the README file for ppp-2.2, 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 transmit
-datagrams over a serial link, as well as a standard way for the
-machines at either end of the link (the `peers') to negotiate various
-optional characteristics of the link. Using PPP, a serial link can be
-used to transmit Internet Protocol (IP) datagrams, allowing TCP/IP
-connections between the peers. PPP is defined in several RFC (Request
-For Comments) documents, in particular RFCs 1661, 1662, 1332 and 1334.
-Other RFCs describe standard ways to transmit datagrams from other
-network protocols (e.g., DECnet, OSI, Appletalk), but this package
-only supports IP.
-
-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, AIX 4.1 and OSF/1, and as a line discipline under Ultrix,
-NextStep, NetBSD, FreeBSD, and Linux.
-
-- 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.
-
-
-What is new in ppp-2.2.
-***********************
-
-* More systems are now supported:
-
- AIX 4, thanks to Charlie Wick,
- OSF/1 on DEC Alpha, thanks to Steve Tate (srt@zaphod.csci.unt.edu),
- NextStep 3.2 and 3.3, thanks to Philip-Andrew Prindeville
- (philipp@res.enst.fr) and Steve Perkins (perkins@cps.msu.edu),
- Solaris 2,
-
-in addition to NetBSD 1.0, SunOS 4.x, Ultrix 4.x, FreeBSD 2.0, and
-Linux.
-
-* Packet compression has been implemented. This version implements
-CCP (Compression Control Protocol) and the BSD-Compress compression
-scheme according to the current draft RFCs. This means that incoming
-and outgoing packets can be compressed with the LZW scheme (same as
-the `compress' command) using a code size of up to 15 bits.
-
-* Some bug fixes to the LCP protocol code. In particular, pppd now
-correctly replies with a Configure-NAK (instead of a Configure-Reject)
-if the peer asks for CHAP and pppd is willing to do PAP but not CHAP.
-
-* The ip-up and ip-down scripts are now run with the real user ID set
-to root, and with an empty environment. Clearing the environment
-fixes a security hole.
-
-* The kernel code on NetBSD, FreeBSD, NextStep and Ultrix has been
-restructured to make it easier to implement PPP over devices other
-than asynchronous tty ports (for example, synchronous serial ports).
-
-* pppd now looks at the list of interfaces in the system to determine
-what the netmask should be. In most cases, this should eliminate the
-need to use the `netmask' option.
-
-* There is a new `papcrypt' option to pppd, which specifies that
-secrets in /etc/ppp/pap-secrets used for authenticating the peer are
-encrypted, so pppd always encrypts the peer's password before
-comparing it with the secret from /etc/ppp/pap-secrets. This gives
-better security.
-
-
-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.
-*********
-
-Bugs in the the SunOS, NetBSD and Ultrix ports and bugs in pppd, chat
-or pppstats should be reported to:
-
- paulus@cs.anu.edu.au
- Paul Mackerras
- Dept. of Computer Science
- Australian National University
- Canberra ACT 0200
- AUSTRALIA
-
-Bugs in other ports should be reported to the maintainer for that port
-(see the appropriate README.* file) or to the above. Unfortunately,
-Charlie Wick is not in a position to provide support for the AIX 4
-port, so if you find bugs in it, send them to me.
-
-Thanks to:
-
- Brad Parker (brad@fcr.com)
- Greg Christy (gmc@quotron.com)
- Drew D. Perkins (ddp@andrew.cmu.edu)
- Rick Adams (rick@seismo.ARPA)
- Chris Torek (chris@mimsy.umd.edu, umcp-cs!chris).
-
-
-Copyrights:
-
-Most of the code can be freely used and redistributed. The STREAMS
-code for SunOS 4.x, OSF/1 and AIX 4 is under a more restrictive
-copyright:
-
- This code is Copyright (C) 1989, 1990 By Brad K. Clements,
- All Rights Reserved.
-
- You may use this code for your personal use, to provide a non-profit
- service to others, or to use as a test platform for a commercial
- implementation.
-
- You may NOT use this code in a commercial product, nor to provide a
- commercial service, nor may you sell this code without express
- written permission of the author.
-
- Otherwise, Enjoy!
-
-This copyright applies to (parts of) the following files:
-
- sunos/ppp_async.c
- sunos/ppp_if.c
- aix4/ppp_async.c
- aix4/ppp_if.c
- net/ppp_str.h
- pppd/sys-str.c
- pppd/sys-osf.c
- pppd/sys-aix4.c
--------------------------
- pppd-2.1.1 release notes
- Paul Mackerras 27 May 1994
-
-This file details the new and changed features in pppd since version 1.3.
-Briefly:
- - the protocol code has been updated to conform with
- RFCs 1548, 1549, 1332 and 1334
- - security has been improved
- - functionality has been improved in various ways.
-
-
-NEW FEATURES
-
-* The option negotiation automaton has been updated to RFC1548. LCP
-now rejects the Quality Protocol option, since LQR is not implemented
-yet. IPCP now uses the IP-Address option, and falls back to the old
-IP-Addresses option if the IP-Address option is rejected. IPCP also
-uses the new form of the VJ-Compression option.
-
-RFC1548 defines the "passive" option to mean that the automaton
-outputs configure-request packets initially, but does not close down
-if no answer is received. A valid configure-request received will
-restart the negotiation. The "silent" option has been added with the
-old meaning of "passive", i.e. the automaton will not output
-configure-requests until it receives a valid one from the peer.
-
-* More systems are supported: in addition to SunOS 4.x and BSD/Net-2
-derived systems, Ultrix and Linux are supported, thanks to Robert
-Olsson, Per Sundstrom, Michael Callahan and Al Longyear.
-
-* Options can be taken from files as well as the command line. pppd
-reads options from the files /etc/ppp/options and ~/.ppprc before
-looking at the command line, and /etc/ppp/options.<ttyname> after
-interpreting the options on the command line. An options file is
-parsed into a series of words, delimited by whitespace. Whitespace
-can be included in a word by enclosing the word in quotes (").
-Backslash (\) quotes the following character. A hash (#) starts a
-comment, which continues until the end of the line. In addition, the
-`file' option causes pppd to read options from a file. pppd will
-report and error and exit if ~/.ppprc or the file given as the
-argument to the `file' option cannot be read by the user who invoked
-pppd.
-
-* On those systems, such as NetBSD, where the serial line speed is
-stored in the termios structure in bits per second (i.e. B9600 ==
-9600), it is possible to set any speed.
-
-* If desired, pppd will output LCP echo-request frames periodically
-while the link is up, and take the link down if no replies are
-received to a user-configurable number of echo-requests. This can be
-used to detect that the serial connection has been broken on those
-systems which don't have hardware modem control lines.
-
-AUTHENTICATION
-
-Previous versions of pppd have provided no control over which IP
-addresses the peer can use. Thus it is possible for the peer to
-impersonate another host on the local network, leading to various
-security holes. In addition, the authentication mechanisms were quite
-weak: if the peer refused to agree to authenticate, pppd would print a
-warning message but still allow the link to come up. The CHAP
-implementation also appeared to be quite broken (has anybody actually
-used it?).
-
-This new version of pppd addresses these problems. My aim has been to
-provide system administrators with sufficient access control that PPP
-access to a server machine can be provided to legitimate users without
-fear of compromising the security of the server or the network it's
-on. In part this is provided by the /etc/ppp/options file, where the
-administrator can place options to require authentication which cannot
-be disabled by users. Thus the new pppd can made setuid-root and run
-by users.
-
-The behaviour where pppd refuses to run unless the /etc/ppp/options
-file is present and readable by pppd is now the default behaviour. If
-you really want pppd to run without the presence of the
-/etc/ppp/options file, you will have to include -DREQ_SYSOPTIONS=0 on
-the compilation command line.
-
-The options related to authentication are:
-
- auth Require authentication from the peer. If neither
- +chap or +pap is also given, either CHAP or PAP
- authentication will be accepted.
- +chap Require CHAP authentication from the peer.
- +pap Require PAP authentication from the peer.
- -chap Don't agree to authenticate ourselves with the peer
- using CHAP.
- -pap Don't agree to authenticate ourselves using PAP.
- +ua <f> Get username and password for authenticating ourselves
- with the peer using PAP from file <f>.
- name <n> Use <n> as the local name for authentication.
- usehostname Use this machine's hostname as the local name for
- authentication.
- remotename <n> Use <n> as the name of the peer for authentication.
- login If the peer authenticates using PAP, check the
- supplied username and password against the system
- password database, and make a wtmp entry.
- user <n> Use <n> as the username for authenticating ourselves
- using PAP.
-
-The defaults are to agree to authenticate if requested, and to not
-require authentication from the peer. However, pppd will not agree to
-authenticate itself with a particular protocol if it has no secrets
-which could be used to do so.
-
-Authentication is based on secrets, which are selected from secrets
-files (/etc/ppp/pap-secrets for PAP, /etc/ppp/chap-secrets for CHAP).
-Both secrets files have the same format, and both can store secrets
-for several combinations of server (authenticating peer) and client
-(peer being authenticated). Note that each end can be both a server
-and client, and that different protocols can be used in the two
-directions if desired.
-
-A secrets file is parsed into words as for an options file. A secret
-is specified by a line containing at least 3 words, in the order
-client, server, secret. Any following words on the same line are
-taken to be a list of acceptable IP addresses for that client. If
-there are only 3 words on the line, it is assumed that any IP address
-is OK; to disallow all IP addresses, use "-". If the secret starts
-with an `@', what follows is assumed to be the name of a file from
-which to read the secret. A "*" as the client or server name matches
-any name. When selecting a secret, pppd takes the best match, i.e.
-the match with the fewest wildcards.
-
-Thus a secrets file contains both secrets for use in authenticating
-other hosts, plus secrets which we use for authenticating ourselves to
-others. Which secret to use is chosen based on the names of the host
-(the `local name') and its peer (the `remote name'). The local name
-is set as follows:
-
- if the `usehostname' option is given,
- then the local name is the hostname of this machine
- (with the domain appended, if given)
-
- else if the `name' option is given,
- then use the argument of the first `name' option seen
-
- else if the local IP address is specified with a
- host name (e.g. `sirius:')
- then use that host name
-
- else use the hostname of this machine
- (with the domain appended, if given)
-
-When authenticating ourselves using PAP, there is also a `username'
-which is the local name by default, but can be set with the `user'
-option or the `+ua' option.
-
-The remote name is set as follows:
-
- if the `remotename' option is given,
- then use the argument of the last `remotename' option seen
-
- else if the remote IP address is specified with a
- host name (e.g. `avago:')
- then use that host name
-
- else the remote name is the null string "".
-
-Secrets are selected from the PAP secrets file as follows:
-
-- For authenticating the peer, look for a secret with client ==
-username specified in the PAP authenticate-request, and server ==
-local name.
-
-- For authenticating ourselves to the peer, look for a secret with
-client == our username, server == remote name.
-
-When authenticating the peer with PAP, a secret of "" matches any
-password supplied by the peer. If the password doesn't match the
-secret, the password is encrypted using crypt() and checked against
-the secret again; thus secrets for authenticating the peer can be
-stored in encrypted form. If the `login' option was specified, the
-username and password are also checked against the system password
-database. Thus, the system administrator can set up the pap-secrets
-file to allow PPP access only to certain users, and to restrict the
-set of IP addresses that each user can use.
-
-Secrets are selected from the CHAP secrets file as follows:
-
-- For authenticating the peer, look for a secret with client == name
-specified in the CHAP-Response message, and server == local name.
-
-- For authenticating ourselves to the peer, look for a secret with
-client == local name, and server == name specified in the
-CHAP-Challenge message.
-
-Authentication must be satisfactorily completed before IPCP (or any
-other Network Control Protocol) can be started. If authentication
-fails, pppd will terminated the link (by closing LCP). If IPCP
-negotiates an unacceptable IP address for the remote host, IPCP will
-be closed. IP packets cannot be sent or received until IPCP is
-successfully opened.
-
-(some examples needed here perhaps)
-
-
-ROUTING
-
-Setting the addresses on a ppp interface is sufficient to create a
-host route to the remote end of the link. Sometimes it is desirable
-to add a default route through the remote host, as in the case of a
-machine whose only connection to the Internet is through the ppp
-interface. The `defaultroute' option causes pppd to create such a
-default route when IPCP comes up, and delete it when the link is
-terminated.
-
-In some cases it is desirable to use proxy ARP, for example on a
-server machine connected to a LAN, in order to allow other hosts to
-communicate with the remote host. The `proxyarp' option causes pppd
-to look for a network interface (an interface supporting broadcast and
-ARP, which is up and not a point-to-point or loopback interface) on
-the same subnet as the remote host. If found, pppd creates a
-permanent, published ARP entry with the IP address of the remote host
-and the hardware address of the network interface found.
-
-
-OTHER NEW AND CHANGED OPTIONS
-
- modem Use modem control lines (not fully implemented
- yet)
- local Don't use modem control lines
- persist Keep reopening connection (not fully
- implemented yet)
-
- lcp-restart <n> Set timeout for LCP retransmissions to <n>
- seconds (default 3 seconds)
- lcp-max-terminate <n> Set maximum number of LCP terminate-request
- transmissions (default 2)
- lcp-max-configure <n> Set maximum number of LCP configure-request
- transmissions (default 10)
- lcp-max-failure <n> Set maximum number of LCP configure-Naks sent
- before converting to configure-rejects
- (default 10)
-
- ipcp-restart <n> Set timeout for IPCP retransmissions to <n>
- seconds (default 3 seconds)
- ipcp-max-terminate <n> Set maximum number of IPCP
- terminate-request transmissions (default 2)
- ipcp-max-configure <n> Set maximum number of IPCP
- configure-request transmissions (default 10)
- ipcp-max-failure <n> Set maximum number of IPCP configure-Naks
- sent before converting to configure-rejects
- (default 10)
-
- upap-restart <n> Set timeout for PAP retransmissions to
- <n> seconds (default 3 seconds)
- upap-max-authreq <n> Set maximum number of Authenticate-request
- retransmissions (default 10)
-
- chap-restart <n> Set timeout for CHAP retransmissions to
- <n> seconds (default 3 seconds)
- chap-max-challenge <n> Set maximum number of CHAP Challenge
- retransmissions (default 10)
- chap-interval <n> Set the interval between CHAP rechallenges
- (default 0, meaning infinity)
-
-The -ua option no longer exists.
-
-
-SOFTWARE RESTRUCTURING
-
-Many of the source files for pppd have changed significantly from
-ppp-1.3, upon which it is based. In particular:
-
-- the macros for system-dependent operations in pppd.h have mostly
-been removed. Instead these operations are performed by procedures in
-sys-bsd.c (for BSD-4.4ish systems like NetBSD, 386BSD, etc.) or
-sys-str.c (for SunOS-based systems using STREAMS). (I got sick of
-having to recompile everything every time I wanted to change one of
-those horrible macros.)
-
-- most of the system-dependent code in main.c has also been removed to
-sys-bsd.c and sys-str.c.
-
-- the option processing code in main.c has been removed to options.c.
-
-- the authentication code in main.c has been removed to auth.c, which
-also contains substantial amounts of new code.
-
-- fsm.c has changed significantly, and lcp.c, ipcp.c, and upap.c have
-changed somewhat. chap.c has also changed significantly.
-
-
-STILL TO DO
-
-* sort out appropriate modem control and implement the persist option
-properly; add an `answer' option for auto-answering a modem.
-
-* add an inactivity timeout and demand dialing.
-
-* implement link quality monitoring.
-
-* implement other network control protocols.