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Mention the improved sppp(4).

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Joerg Wunsch 1997-10-11 18:41:12 +00:00
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@ -213,6 +213,14 @@ network interface driver. This is for example necesseray for PPP
drivers to communicate things like CHAP names and secrets, or variable
options between the driver and a userland utility.
sppp(4) has been improved a fair bit since FreeBSD 2.2.X. It now
employs a full-fledged PPP state machine, offers a lot more of LCP and
IPCP negotiation, making it ready for dial-on-demand connections (like
those that are often running over ISDN). It also offers PAP or CHAP
authentication. The userland counterpart spppcontrol(8) is also the
first program that utilizes the abovementioned SIOC[SG]IFGENERIC ioctl
commands.
2. Supported Configurations
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