SUBMISSION

    GateKeeper 2.2 for ppp2.2
    GateKeeper is a graphical user interface control for ppp2.2.


RELEASE NOTES

   When employing a FIFO as the communication mechanism between
   GateKeeper and pppd, the syslog daemon (syslogd) is blocked 
   from writing until the first PPP connection. This behavior
   is cured in this release, i.e. syslogd will work as soon as
   GateKeeper is started.  However, for syslogd to work right
   from the start-up of the computer, you need to install 
   a little utility program. See README.openFifo.rtfd for details.  
   The necessary modifications for version 2.2 were incorporated 
   by Uli Zappe <uli@nexttoyou.de>.   

   2.2 was built on the latest stable release (2.1) of GateKeeper.
   It is the last release which supports the 2.0 DNS based Dial
   on Demand.  If you want this feature you must download the DoD
   version of the 2.0 distribution.

   *Note that a wholly redesigned release 3.0 of GateKeeper is
   currently available in Beta state (though not under active 
   development). GateKeeper 3.0 is tightly integrated with
   ppp2.3 and can not be used as a GUI front-end to other ppp 
   packages.  GateKeeper 3.0 and the integrated PPP daemon
   communicate in a peer to peer fashion as necessary via Mach
   RPC.  See the GateKeeper 3.0 package for details.


DISTRIBUTION FILES

    GateKeeper.2.2.s.tar.gz     contains a source distribution
    GateKeeper.2.2.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)
    --  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






Comments, bug reports and suggestions should be sent to:

Uli Zappe
uli@nexttoyou.de
(if they refer to the 2.2 modifications for syslogd)

or

Felipe A. Rodriguez <far@ix.netcom.com>