Subject: PPP for Linux 1.0.0 available
From: [email-masked] (Michael Callahan)
Date: 10 Jun 1994 21:19:57 +0300
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.announce

Linux PPP version 1.0.0     PUBLIC RELEASE
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Michael Callahan    [email-masked]
Al Longyear         [email-masked]

After about six months of alpha testing (during most of which Linux PPP
was actually very stable), we're pleased to announce the first official
public release of Linux PPP, based on Paul Mackerras's free PPP for
BSD-derivative operating systems.  This release is based on version 2.1.1 
of the free PPP code.

The Linux PPP package provides the user-level support needed to use the
PPP driver built in to recent (1.1.13+) kernels.  It also contains a
driver that works with 1.0.x kernels and earlier 1.1.x kernels.  It does
not include support for Fred van Kempen's NET2E alternate networking
code.

Linux PPP can be used to make a dial-up Internet connection, and can
provide dial-in PPP accounts as well.  For example, if you have a Linux PC
on an ethernet at work and a Linux notebook at home, you can set up PPP on
the office machine to allow the home notebook to dial in and use the
office network.  Instructions for setting up both ends of such a
connection are given in the README.linux file in the PPP distribution. 

Note that discussion of Linux PPP should take place on the PPP channel of
the Linux-activists mailing list.  To join this channel, send a message
containing a single line
    X-Mn-Admin: join PPP
to [email-masked] .

An LSM entry follows.  Note that there may be an interval before the
various FTP site maintainers move the file to its final position.

Begin2
Title        = PPP driver for Alan Cox's net2/net3 networking
Version      = 1.0.0
Desc1        = PPP network pseudo device driver. This file includes the
Desc2        = kernel drivers for version 1.0 through 1.1.12 (where the
Desc3        = driver was put into the kernel distribution) and the pppd
Desc4        = daemon process. This is a port of the pppd process written
Desc5        = by Paul Mackerras, version 2.1.1.
Author       = Paul Mackerras               , Michael Callahan
AuthorEmail  = [email-masked] , [email-masked]
Maintainer   = Michael Callahan             , Al Longyear
MaintEmail   = [email-masked]      , [email-masked]
Site1        = sunsite.unc.edu
Path1        = /pub/Linux/system/Network
File1        = ppp-2.1.1.tar.gz
FileSize1    = 317836
Site2        = ftp.funet.fi
Path2        = /pub/OS/Linux/util/networking
File2        = ppp-2.1.1.tar.gz
FileSize2    = 317836
Required1    = Linux 1.0.0 or later kernel
CopyPolicy1  = GNU Copyright
Keywords     = PPP, Networking, Serial
Comment1     = This is the standard package from Paul Mackerras with the fixes
Comment2     = for proxy-ARP and pppstats. (kernel >= 1.1.18 for pppstats.)
RelFiles1    = pppstats, chat, pppd
Entered      = 06JUN94
EnteredBy    = Al Longyear
CheckedEmail = [email-masked]
End

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