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- SUBMISSION
-
- GateKeeper 2.0 for ppp2.2
- GateKeeper is a graphical user interface control for ppp2.2.
-
-
- CHANGES IN BETA 6
-
- GateKeeper prompts the user for a Yes or No before creating
- a log file or FIFO.
-
- In response to a wide variety of very app specific requests,
- GateKeeper now executes a preLink and a preUnLink script
- if one or both of these exist within its app wrapper.
- Based on the exit status returned by these scripts GK
- determines whether to proceed and Link or UnLink. These
- scripts inherit GateKeepers' suid root powers so be careful
- what you put in them.
-
-
- CHANGES IN BETA 5
-
- Corrected another bug in mail queue polling mechanism.
-
-
- CHANGES IN BETA 4
-
- Corrected bug in mail queue polling mechanism.
-
- If inactivity timeout is imminent and there is mail in the
- queue the Mail icon in the Inactivity Timeout panel is now
- animated.
-
- Corrected bug in session timer.
-
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- NOTES
-
- This release simplifies a few implementation details and makes
- GateKeeper easier to use and install. The version has been
- bumped up to 2.0 since the underlying ppp configuration has
- been changed slightly, although, ppp configurations which work
- with versions 0.9 and 1.0 should continue to work.
-
- Distributing GateKeeper with BIND which is necessary for the
- Dial on Demand feature results in a very large package.
- Although DoD is a really cool feature not everyone is
- interested in it and so I have unbundled BIND from the source
- distribution during the Beta test phase. Nothing has been
- changed in BIND from GateKeeper release 1.0a which contains
- BIND 4.9.3
-
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- SUPPORT
-
- While this program is GNU type freeware, support for it is not.
- Comments and bug reports are always welcome, but if you would
- like support I ask for the following:
-
- 1. If you are a non-commercial user and are doing some type
- of FSF GNU or other freeware work for the UNIX community
- let me know and we'll call it even. The same is true if
- you provide a software package free to single users or
- if you have contributed to the creation of GateKeeper.
-
- 2. If you would like E-mail support please register for it
- by sending in a one time registration fee of $20 USD.
-
- 3. If you would like telephone support please contact me
- via E-mail for details.
-
-
- WHERE
-
- ftp://next-ftp.peak.org/pub/next/submissions/GateKeeper.2.0.Beta.6.s.tar.gz
- ftp://next-ftp.peak.org/pub/next/submissions/GateKeeper.2.0.Beta.6.NI.b.tar.gz
-
- or
-
- ftp://ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de/pub/comp/platforms/next/Communication/apps/GateKeeper.2.0.Beta.6.s.tar.gz
- ftp://ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de/pub/comp/platforms/next/Communication/apps/GateKeeper.2.0.Beta.6.NI.b.tar.gz
-
- or
-
- ftp://ftp.thoughtport.com/pub/next/ppp/GateKeeper.2.0.Beta.6.s.tar.gz
- ftp://ftp.thoughtport.com/pub/next/ppp/GateKeeper.2.0.Beta.6.NI.b.tar.gz
-
-
- NEW FEATURES
-
- MAJOR
-
- GateKeeper is now installed from a package. Thus insuring
- that it is installed as SUID root.
-
- Gate docs no longer require an absolute path to the chat
- pppup script.
-
- GateKeeper checks for mail in the queue and provides an
- icon warning. This mechanism can help avoid a later Dial
- on Demand ppp session initiated by sendmail.
-
- The threshold below which GateKeeper will trigger Inactivity
- Timeout can now be adjusted via GK's preferences.
-
- GateKeeper can now be set in preferences to use an ordinary
- log file as its IPC mechanism with pppd/syslogd. The polling
- technique from the UNIX tail command is used, although, this
- method is not as efficient as the FIFO option.
-
- The options file within a Gate doc can now be edited
- graphically. GateKeeper now checks whether the real user has
- permission to access a file before allowing editing or Linking.
- Older versions required a recompile in order to achieve this.
-
-
- MINOR
-
- Sound can be disabled in preferences.
- Gong sound is played prior to inactivity timeout.
- Numerous other minor bug fixes and improvements.
-
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- DISTRIBUTION FILES
-
- GateKeeper.2.0.Beta.6.s.tar.gz contains a source distribution
- GateKeeper.2.0.Beta.6.NI.b.tar.gz contains a binary distribution
-
-
- OVERVIEW
-
- GateKeeper has the following significant features:
-
- -- Dial on demand (triggered by NS Apps and UNIX tools)
- -- Graphical options file editor
- -- Toolbar control
- -- Inactivity timeout
- -- Execute and check exit status of a preLink and a
- preUnLink script prior to the respective operation.
- -- displays pppStats
- -- Capable of auto-launching pppd using defaults or using
- information from a GateKeeper document
- -- AutoRedial if provider's line is busy.
- -- Manual Dial and login to a ppp provider without a script.
- -- Persistent connection will redial and link to your
- provider if the connection is unexpectedly dropped.
- -- Compound document format for storing information necessary to
- access an Internet Service Provider.
- -- Secure mode which translates all output from pppd to "X"'s.
- This provides some user feedback as to pppd's progress in
- establishing the link.
- -- App Icon shows session time.
- -- Tri-state animated icon provides status feedback.
- -- Preferences editor simplifies editing of ppp2.2 files.
- -- NeXTStep online Help
- -- Plays a sound file when link is established
- -- Captures and displays connection information
-
-
-
- CURRENT RELEASE
-
- The current release of GateKeeper is version 2.0 Beta 6
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-
-
- Comments, bug reports and suggestions should be sent to:
-
-
- Felipe A. Rodriguez
- 5315 Colodny st. #7
- Agoura Hills, CA 91301
- far@ix.netcom.com (NeXTmail preferred) (MIMEmail welcome) ####################################################################
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