ANNOUNCE: X-ISP v2.3p4: X11 visual interface to pppd/chat

[Dimitrios P. Bouras]

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  Greetings to all,

  This is to announce the fourth patch level release to version 2.3,
 (version 2.3p4), of xisp, an X11 visual interface to pppd/chat, i.e.
 an X11 dialup networking tool. xisp is also a small ISP database
 manager and a dialup costs and connection logging tool. The LSM
 entry is included below. The distribution is in

  ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/incoming/Linux and
  ftp://argeas.argos.hol.gr/incoming

 right now, but it should appear in the listed locations shortly.
 To compile this latest version you need version 0.86 of xforms.
 If you want to check out the features/capabilities of xisp on the
 web, please visit http://users.hol.gr/~dbouras.


 What's new in version 2.3:

  - Phone call cost calculation and connection logging
  - New special variables "%U" and "%P" replace "%s" in script
    lines
  - Enhanced security for ip-up/ip-down via the new xispid utility
    (adapted from GNU id(1))
  - Support for .xisp-up/.xisp-down user scripts (like
    ip-up/ip-down)
  - Remote control via process signals SIGUSR1 and SIGUSR2
  - PPP interface numbers other than ppp0 (partial solution)
  - Call-back support for authenticated login methods (PAP,
    PAP-S, CHAP-S)
  - Added intelligence with regards to pppd and Linux kernel
    versions
  - Numerous bug-fixes


 What's fixed in patch-level4 relative to v2.3:

  - Updated PTT information for the Slovene Telecom. Thanks go
    to Gasper Fele <gasper.fele at guest.arnes.si> for his corrections.
  - Verbose error message for the case when xispdial fails to
    start after the default waiting period of 30 seconds.
  - Minor user-interface bug-fixes for the "Dialing and Login" and
    "Communication Options" forms.
  - Fixed bug in network.c resulting from typo in macros; it affected
    the animation under Linux kernel versions 2.1.x and SunOS 4.1.x.
  - Fixed bug in xispUD() which runs .xisp-up/.xisp-down user scripts
    which prevented output showing up on browser. Also modified the
    argument list passed to .xisp-up/.xisp-down to be identical to the
    one passed to ip-up/ip-down by pppd (not only ipparam as up until
    now). Many thanks go to I.Ioannou <roryt at hol.gr> for his feedback
    and his help in debugging this problem.
  - Inserted corrections for the Italian and Spanish PTT's. Thanks go
    to Tillmann Steinbrecher <tst at gmx.de>, the pppcosts author, for
    providing the corrections.
  - Created two new PTT entries for Croatia, one for the Croatian
    Academic and Research Network (CARNet) and one for their national
    PTT (HPT). Thanks go to Toni Bilic <tbilic at efos.hr> for providing
    the billing information.
  - Corrected compile-time bug in SunOS-4.1.x support with regards to
    function bzero(). Thanks go to Tom Herzog <tom_herzog at MENTORG.COM>
    for pointing it out.
  - Enhanced ip-up/ip-down and .xisp-up/.xisp-down distributed with
    xisp by making all script (including command executed from within
    the script) stdout/stderr output appear automatically on the xisp
    browser window.
  - Fixed bug with script-file generation when plain-text password
    contained the '%' character. Many thanks go to Fabrice Bellet
    <Fabrice.Bellet at imag.fr> and Mark J. Hewitt
    <mjh at elsabio.demon.co.uk> for reporting this problem.
  - Fixed xisprccv bug when reading bit-mapped flag variables which
    were changed from "unsigned short" to "unsigned int", going from
    version 2.2 to version 2.3. Problem manifested itself under SunOS.
  - Updated the France Telecom PTT entry. Thanks go to Tillmann
    Steinbrecher <tst at gmx.de>, the pppcosts author, for providing
    the updated information.
  - Major re-write of the France Telecom PTT entry. Fixed bug with
    total cost value not being updated properly, and not scaled up by
    100.0 when saving in log file per-minute charges, and not being
    scaled down when displaying statistics. Added extra field in PTT
    struct to accommodate varying time-lengths for minimum charge in
    per-minute charging schemes. Great many thanks go to Fabrice Bellet
    <Fabrice.Bellet at imag.fr> for his extensive patches and his help
    in debugging the new code.
  - Added online indicator printout to window title.
  - Minor GUI appearance corrections: made string and numeric input
    field height consistent throughout all forms.
  - Bug fix for output from and status collection of .xisp-up/-down.
    In the case when ip-up/-down support was not used, the part in
    doBUpdate() handling .xisp-up/-down output and status collection
    would not kick in. Many thanks go to I.Ioannou <roryt at hol.gr> for
    his persistence in nagging me about this problem :)
  - Updated information for the Dutch PTT which changed billing scheme
    from "by unit" to "per minute". Many thanks go to Ivo Naninck
    <inaninck at solair1.inter.NL.net> for providing the updated data and
    also debugging the changes.
  - Fixed problem with xispdial's internal script; it was sending CR
    after reading 'CONNECT' which was wrong, and also sending a second
    CR after receiving a CR from the end of the CONNECT string. Many
    thanks go to Rich Lampe <rlampe at bc.cybernex.net> and to John
    Merritt <merritt at raindrop1.gsfc.nasa.gov> for reporting the problem.
  - Fixed bug which prevented the last ISP entry from appearing in the
    drop-down list in the main program form. Many thanks go to Lew Ewl
    <lewl at nuyums.trinet.bc.ca> for reporting this problem.


 For more detailed information please refer to the documentation
 files in the distribution. Send bug reports/enhancements/suggestions
 to dbouras at hol.gr.

 With greetings from Athens,

  Dimitri

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Title:          X-ISP, an X11 visual interface to pppd/chat.
Version:        November 15 1997
Entered-date:   Sat Nov 15 17:43:49 EET 1997
Description:    X-ISP is an X11 and XForms based visual interface
                to pppd and chat, implementing a dialup networking
                tool. Additionally, it is also a small ISP data
                base manager and a dialup costs and connection
                logging tool. Currently it only supports PPP type
                connections. To build it you need XForms-0.86 or
                later, and if you don't have it already, libXpm
                version 3.4f or later. Information on where to get
                XForms is included in the distribution.
Keywords:       PPP, X11, XForms
Author:         dbouras at hol.gr (Dimitrios P. Bouras)
Maintained-by:  dbouras at hol.gr (Dimitrios P. Bouras)
Primary-site:   sunsite.unc.edu /pub/Linux/system/network/serial
                183.5k xisp-2.3p4.tar.gz
Alternate-site: argeas.argos.hol.gr /pub/unix/linux
                183.5k xisp-2.3p4.tar.gz
Original-site:
Platform:       Linux, SunOS 4.1.x
Copying-policy: GNU GPL
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