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A few more typos fixed and some general cleanup done.

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Jordan K. Hubbard 1995-05-24 05:51:29 +00:00
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usr.sbin/ppp/ppp.8
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@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
.\" manual page [] for ppp 0.94 beta2 + alpha
.\" $Id: ppp.8,v 1.5 1995/05/21 10:52:05 jkh Exp $
.\" $Id: ppp.8,v 1.6 1995/05/21 17:32:35 jkh Exp $
.\" SH section heading
.\" SS subsection heading
.\" LP paragraph
@ -18,9 +18,10 @@ ppp \- Point to Point Protocol (aka iijppp)
.SH DESCRIPTION
.LP
This is a user process \fIPPP\fR software package. Normally, \fIPPP\fR
is implemented as a part of the kernel (e.g. pppd) and it's thus somewhat
hard to debug and/or modify its behavior. However, in this implementation
\fIPPP\fR is done as a user process with the help of the tunnel device driver.
is implemented as a part of the kernel (e.g. as managed by pppd) and it's
thus somewhat hard to debug and/or modify its behavior. However, in this
implementation \fIPPP\fR is done as a user process with the help of the
tunnel device driver (tun).
.LP
.SH Major Features
@ -29,7 +30,7 @@ hard to debug and/or modify its behavior. However, in this implementation
o Provides interactive user interface.
Using its command mode, the user can
easily enter commands to establish the connection with the remote end, check
the status of connection, and close the connection. All functions can
the status of connection and close the connection. All functions can
also be optionally password protected for security.
.TP
@ -63,13 +64,15 @@ for your connection.
.TP
o Supports packet filtering.
User can define four kinds of filters:
ifilter for incoming packets, ofilter for outgoing packets, dfilter to
define dialing trigger packet and afilter to keep a connection alive with
the trigger packet.
ifilter for incoming packets, \fIofilter\fR for outgoing packets, \fIdfilter\fR
to define a dialing trigger packet and \fIafilter\fR for keeping a connection
alive with the trigger packet.
.TP
o Tunnel driver supports bpf.
That is, user can use tcpdump to check packet flow over the \fIPPP\fR link.
That is, user can use
.IR tcpdump (1)
to check the packet flow over the \fIPPP\fR link.
.TP
o Supports \fIPPP\fR over TCP capability.
@ -84,11 +87,11 @@ other situations, this higher speed data imposes a penalty on
the system by increasing the number of serial interrupts the system
has to process in talking to the modem. Unlike VJ-compression,
Predictor-1 compression pre-compresses \fBall\fR data flowing through
the link and thus reduces traffic to a minimum.
the link, thus reducing overhead to a minimum.
.TP
o Runs under BSDI-1.1 and FreeBSD.
Patch for NeXTSTEP 3.2 is also available on the net.
Patches for NeXTSTEP 3.2 are also available on the net.
.SH GETTING STARTED
.LP

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usr.sbin/ppp/ppp.8.m4
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.\" manual page [] for ppp 0.94 beta2 + alpha
.\" $Id: ppp.8,v 1.5 1995/05/21 10:52:05 jkh Exp $
.\" $Id: ppp.8,v 1.6 1995/05/21 17:32:35 jkh Exp $
.\" SH section heading
.\" SS subsection heading
.\" LP paragraph
@ -18,9 +18,10 @@ ppp \- Point to Point Protocol (aka iijppp)
.SH DESCRIPTION
.LP
This is a user process \fIPPP\fR software package. Normally, \fIPPP\fR
is implemented as a part of the kernel (e.g. pppd) and it's thus somewhat
hard to debug and/or modify its behavior. However, in this implementation
\fIPPP\fR is done as a user process with the help of the tunnel device driver.
is implemented as a part of the kernel (e.g. as managed by pppd) and it's
thus somewhat hard to debug and/or modify its behavior. However, in this
implementation \fIPPP\fR is done as a user process with the help of the
tunnel device driver (tun).
.LP
.SH Major Features
@ -29,7 +30,7 @@ hard to debug and/or modify its behavior. However, in this implementation
o Provides interactive user interface.
Using its command mode, the user can
easily enter commands to establish the connection with the remote end, check
the status of connection, and close the connection. All functions can
the status of connection and close the connection. All functions can
also be optionally password protected for security.
.TP
@ -63,13 +64,15 @@ for your connection.
.TP
o Supports packet filtering.
User can define four kinds of filters:
ifilter for incoming packets, ofilter for outgoing packets, dfilter to
define dialing trigger packet and afilter to keep a connection alive with
the trigger packet.
ifilter for incoming packets, \fIofilter\fR for outgoing packets, \fIdfilter\fR
to define a dialing trigger packet and \fIafilter\fR for keeping a connection
alive with the trigger packet.
.TP
o Tunnel driver supports bpf.
That is, user can use tcpdump to check packet flow over the \fIPPP\fR link.
That is, user can use
.IR tcpdump (1)
to check the packet flow over the \fIPPP\fR link.
.TP
o Supports \fIPPP\fR over TCP capability.
@ -84,11 +87,11 @@ other situations, this higher speed data imposes a penalty on
the system by increasing the number of serial interrupts the system
has to process in talking to the modem. Unlike VJ-compression,
Predictor-1 compression pre-compresses \fBall\fR data flowing through
the link and thus reduces traffic to a minimum.
the link, thus reducing overhead to a minimum.
.TP
o Runs under BSDI-1.1 and FreeBSD.
Patch for NeXTSTEP 3.2 is also available on the net.
Patches for NeXTSTEP 3.2 are also available on the net.
.SH GETTING STARTED
.LP