Changes in ppp-rc.cgi --------------------- 0.7.1 November 4, 2000 (mostly bug fixes and security improvements) - use Perl "taint mode" to check for dangerous user input - clear PATH variable for all system calls - allow status-only display without possibility to stop connections - prevent some DOS attacks with huge POSTs - change all HTML output to CGI module functions - display errors correctly (i.e. with Content-Type header) - fix problems with stop button and/or the ppp interface not appearing - fix problems with being unable to select a connection after stopping - fix problem with the refresh button after starting/stopping - HTML escape pppd output so that the "<" and ">" are displayed - display actual error messages in all cases 0.7 September 1, 2000 - Customisable connection status with more info - Greater portability by using Perl modules where possible - Now it uses the CGI module - Debug button to debug ppp connections - Display transferred bytes in human readable form 0.6 March 7, 2000 - Several bug fixes - pppd output displayed immediately, not only after pppd exits - connection pre-selectable by ?selectstart= and ?selectstop= - kill pppd with SIGTERM instead of SIGHUP 0.5 March 6, 2000 - First offering to the public-at-large - Added .htaccess file - Added display of pppd output 0.4 March 2, 2000 - Integrated start, status and stop into one control page 0.3 March 1, 2000 - List all entries from /etc/ppp/peers for new connections - Error handling if no connection was selected for starting/ stopping 0.2 Feb 28, 2000 - Start and Stop now works - Added redirection for successful connections 0.1 Feb 25, 2000 - First version - Status display works ppp-rc.cgi is Copyright (C) 2000 by Josef Drexler Distributable under the terms of the GNU General Public License. For more information please read the file COPYING which should have come with the distribution.