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Install GateKeeper as root using the Installer package. Configuration instructions are contained in the online NeXTHelp system.
SUBMISSION
GateKeeper 2.1 for ppp2.2
GateKeeper is a graphical user interface control for ppp2.2.
RELEASE NOTES
German localization was updated in the final Beta and
has not been tested extensively.
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.
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.
Alternate app icon animation sequences are available courtesy
of Mark Sargent at:
http://www.marksargent.com/Samples/Scrap/GateKeeper.html
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 the following applies:
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.
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.
DISTRIBUTION FILES
GateKeeper.2.1.s.tar.gz contains a source distribution
GateKeeper.2.1.NI.b.tar.gz contains a binary distribution
In addition a Dial on Demand version is available as:
GateKeeper.2.0.DoD.s.tar.gz source
GateKeeper.2.0.DoD.NI.b.tar.gz binary
OVERVIEW
GateKeeper has the following significant features:
-- 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
CURRENT RELEASE
The current release of GateKeeper is version 2.1
HISTORY
Version 2.1 -- Ninth public release
The manual dial mechanism has been rewritten to eliminate the
need for tip. This was necessary to resolve a problem mentioned
in the ppp FAQ which afflicts certain modems and ISDN adaptors
when attempting to dial using comm programs such as tip. Manual
dial should now work with all modems.
Double clicking a Gate doc in the Workspace no longer launches a
ppp session. Instead, the Gate doc is opened for editing using the
Gate doc editor. The editor now has an integrated Link button
which can be used to launch a ppp session using the edited doc.
Instead of immediate redials, GK now has a built in back-off delay
which doubles in period each time that an attempted redial fails.
A GUI status window option has been added. This can be used in
addition to or instead of the regular diagnostics window. To
support this functionality I've added the ability to handle Bourne
shell like comments to chat (i.e. preceded by a #). Comments
embedded in a chat pppup file will be displayed in GateKeeper's
status window. Newly, generated Gate docs will have default
comments.
Version 2.0 -- Eigth public release
German translation provided by Uli Zappe, who also provided very
helpful feedback and bug reports. The German translation is not
complete because I did not fully prepare GK for multilingual support.
GateKeeper is now installed from a package.
Gate docs no longer require an absolute path to the chat pppup script.
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.
GateKeeper can check for mail in the queue and provide an icon warning.
Sound can be disabled in preferences.
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 hardcoding and a recompile in order to achieve this.
preLink and preUnlink script execution prior to the respective op.
Version 1.0a -- Seventh public release
This release became necessary because of a CERT advisory on 2/15/96 regarding versions of BIND prior to 4.9.3. GateKeeper recieves the signal to dial on demand from a slightly modified named daemon which runs while GateKeeper is running (if "dial on demand" is enabled in preferences).
Version 1.0 -- Sixth public release
Per suggestion of Steven J. Perkins added ToolBar.
Added Inactivity timeout and dial on demand.
New graphics created with Stone Design's awesome 3D Reality.
See the info panel. Usual minor improvements.
Version 0.9 -- Fifth public release
Added manual dial and login, plus minor improvements. Thanks to Stephan Schneider for his help in debugging a problem with the manual dial feature and for numerous suggestions and comments.
Version 0.8 -- Fourth public release
Added Auto re-dial and some minor improvements.
Version 0.7 -- Bug fix release
Thanks to Hanspeter Schuab for numerous suggestions, bug reports and a bug fix.
Version 0.6 -- Second public release
Numerous enchancements including .Gate doc's
Version 0.3 -- Initial release
Thanks to Steven J. Perkins for evaluation and numerous suggestions.
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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