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- SUBMISSION
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- GateKeeper 2.1 for ppp2.2
- GateKeeper is a graphical user interface control for ppp2.2.
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- RELEASE NOTES
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- German localization was updated in the final Beta and
- has not been tested extensively.
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- 2.1 is the last release which will support the current
- DNS based Dial on Demand. If you want this feature you
- must download the DoD version of the 2.0 distribution.
- Future versions will be tightly integrated with ppp2.3
- and employ ppp's demand feature.
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- In future releases GateKeeper will be tightly integrated
- with ppp2.3 and will therefore not be user configurable
- as a GUI frontend to other ppp packages.
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- Alternate app icon animation sequences are available courtesy
- of Mark Sargent at:
- http://www.marksargent.com/Samples/Scrap/GateKeeper.html
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- SUPPORT
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- 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 the following applies:
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- 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 software free to single non-commercial users
- or if you have contributed to the creation of GateKeeper.
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- 2. If you would like E-mail support please register for it
- by sending in a one time registration fee of $20 USD.
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- 3. If you would like telephone support please contact me
- via E-mail for details.
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- DISTRIBUTION FILES
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- GateKeeper.2.1.s.tar.gz contains a source distribution
- GateKeeper.2.1.NI.b.tar.gz contains a binary distribution
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- OVERVIEW
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- GateKeeper has the following significant features:
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- -- Dial on demand (triggered by NS Apps and UNIX tools)
- -- GUI options file editor
- -- Toolbar control
- -- Inactivity timeout with sound warning.
- -- 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.
- -- GUI status window.
- -- App Icon shows session time.
- -- Tri-state animated icon provides status feedback.
- -- Preferences editor simplifies editing of ppp2.2 files.
- -- Provides sound notification.
- -- Captures and displays connection information
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- Comments, bug reports and suggestions should be sent to:
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- Felipe A. Rodriguez
- 5315 Colodny st. #7
- Agoura Hills, CA 91301
- far@ix.netcom.com (NeXTmail preferred) (MIMEmail welcome) ####################################################################
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