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author | Jordan K. Hubbard <jkh@FreeBSD.org> | 1995-05-24 05:51:29 +0000 |
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committer | Jordan K. Hubbard <jkh@FreeBSD.org> | 1995-05-24 05:51:29 +0000 |
commit | 438728425d8fe6aa0cebc686c071fde1aec2bed0 (patch) | |
tree | 9fcf719372dc80dea97ce5a43cd8255a61631d32 /usr.sbin | |
parent | 70659b24a8d92b8103097b5036c647dd62f5c9ad (diff) | |
download | src-438728425d8fe6aa0cebc686c071fde1aec2bed0.tar.gz src-438728425d8fe6aa0cebc686c071fde1aec2bed0.zip |
A few more typos fixed and some general cleanup done.
Notes
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svn path=/head/; revision=8718
Diffstat (limited to 'usr.sbin')
-rw-r--r-- | usr.sbin/ppp/ppp.8 | 25 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | usr.sbin/ppp/ppp.8.m4 | 25 |
2 files changed, 28 insertions, 22 deletions
diff --git a/usr.sbin/ppp/ppp.8 b/usr.sbin/ppp/ppp.8 index 6613b0562c96..0818243fcb9c 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/ppp/ppp.8 +++ b/usr.sbin/ppp/ppp.8 @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ .\" manual page [] for ppp 0.94 beta2 + alpha -.\" $Id: ppp.8,v 1.5 1995/05/21 10:52:05 jkh Exp $ +.\" $Id: ppp.8,v 1.6 1995/05/21 17:32:35 jkh Exp $ .\" SH section heading .\" SS subsection heading .\" LP paragraph @@ -18,9 +18,10 @@ ppp \- Point to Point Protocol (aka iijppp) .SH DESCRIPTION .LP This is a user process \fIPPP\fR software package. Normally, \fIPPP\fR -is implemented as a part of the kernel (e.g. pppd) and it's thus somewhat -hard to debug and/or modify its behavior. However, in this implementation -\fIPPP\fR is done as a user process with the help of the tunnel device driver. +is implemented as a part of the kernel (e.g. as managed by pppd) and it's +thus somewhat hard to debug and/or modify its behavior. However, in this +implementation \fIPPP\fR is done as a user process with the help of the +tunnel device driver (tun). .LP .SH Major Features @@ -29,7 +30,7 @@ hard to debug and/or modify its behavior. However, in this implementation o Provides interactive user interface. Using its command mode, the user can easily enter commands to establish the connection with the remote end, check -the status of connection, and close the connection. All functions can +the status of connection and close the connection. All functions can also be optionally password protected for security. .TP @@ -63,13 +64,15 @@ for your connection. .TP o Supports packet filtering. User can define four kinds of filters: -ifilter for incoming packets, ofilter for outgoing packets, dfilter to -define dialing trigger packet and afilter to keep a connection alive with -the trigger packet. +ifilter for incoming packets, \fIofilter\fR for outgoing packets, \fIdfilter\fR +to define a dialing trigger packet and \fIafilter\fR for keeping a connection +alive with the trigger packet. .TP o Tunnel driver supports bpf. -That is, user can use tcpdump to check packet flow over the \fIPPP\fR link. +That is, user can use +.IR tcpdump (1) +to check the packet flow over the \fIPPP\fR link. .TP o Supports \fIPPP\fR over TCP capability. @@ -84,11 +87,11 @@ other situations, this higher speed data imposes a penalty on the system by increasing the number of serial interrupts the system has to process in talking to the modem. Unlike VJ-compression, Predictor-1 compression pre-compresses \fBall\fR data flowing through -the link and thus reduces traffic to a minimum. +the link, thus reducing overhead to a minimum. .TP o Runs under BSDI-1.1 and FreeBSD. -Patch for NeXTSTEP 3.2 is also available on the net. +Patches for NeXTSTEP 3.2 are also available on the net. .SH GETTING STARTED .LP diff --git a/usr.sbin/ppp/ppp.8.m4 b/usr.sbin/ppp/ppp.8.m4 index 6613b0562c96..0818243fcb9c 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/ppp/ppp.8.m4 +++ b/usr.sbin/ppp/ppp.8.m4 @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ .\" manual page [] for ppp 0.94 beta2 + alpha -.\" $Id: ppp.8,v 1.5 1995/05/21 10:52:05 jkh Exp $ +.\" $Id: ppp.8,v 1.6 1995/05/21 17:32:35 jkh Exp $ .\" SH section heading .\" SS subsection heading .\" LP paragraph @@ -18,9 +18,10 @@ ppp \- Point to Point Protocol (aka iijppp) .SH DESCRIPTION .LP This is a user process \fIPPP\fR software package. Normally, \fIPPP\fR -is implemented as a part of the kernel (e.g. pppd) and it's thus somewhat -hard to debug and/or modify its behavior. However, in this implementation -\fIPPP\fR is done as a user process with the help of the tunnel device driver. +is implemented as a part of the kernel (e.g. as managed by pppd) and it's +thus somewhat hard to debug and/or modify its behavior. However, in this +implementation \fIPPP\fR is done as a user process with the help of the +tunnel device driver (tun). .LP .SH Major Features @@ -29,7 +30,7 @@ hard to debug and/or modify its behavior. However, in this implementation o Provides interactive user interface. Using its command mode, the user can easily enter commands to establish the connection with the remote end, check -the status of connection, and close the connection. All functions can +the status of connection and close the connection. All functions can also be optionally password protected for security. .TP @@ -63,13 +64,15 @@ for your connection. .TP o Supports packet filtering. User can define four kinds of filters: -ifilter for incoming packets, ofilter for outgoing packets, dfilter to -define dialing trigger packet and afilter to keep a connection alive with -the trigger packet. +ifilter for incoming packets, \fIofilter\fR for outgoing packets, \fIdfilter\fR +to define a dialing trigger packet and \fIafilter\fR for keeping a connection +alive with the trigger packet. .TP o Tunnel driver supports bpf. -That is, user can use tcpdump to check packet flow over the \fIPPP\fR link. +That is, user can use +.IR tcpdump (1) +to check the packet flow over the \fIPPP\fR link. .TP o Supports \fIPPP\fR over TCP capability. @@ -84,11 +87,11 @@ other situations, this higher speed data imposes a penalty on the system by increasing the number of serial interrupts the system has to process in talking to the modem. Unlike VJ-compression, Predictor-1 compression pre-compresses \fBall\fR data flowing through -the link and thus reduces traffic to a minimum. +the link, thus reducing overhead to a minimum. .TP o Runs under BSDI-1.1 and FreeBSD. -Patch for NeXTSTEP 3.2 is also available on the net. +Patches for NeXTSTEP 3.2 are also available on the net. .SH GETTING STARTED .LP |