SafeFire PPP 1.1 Technology preview is out!.

Most notable new features are:

• ISDN support (CAPI 2.0)
• Traffic Shaper
• Identd server
• Server callback support
• Remote Control (including WEB control)
• FDK API v1.1
• Fast NDIS support (for 100Mb networks)
• Transparent Proxy

SafeFire PPP 1.0 is a new, powerful implementation of a PPP protocol.

SafeFire PPP is native OS/2 software, implemented from scratch by highly experienced developers. This means solid 32 bit, heavy multithreaded, completely modular design. It provides the greatest possible performance and flexibility. SafeFire PPP can handle virtually any task which can be imagined for PPP: from simplest dial-up PPP to multiline ISP. Modular design provides incredible configuration flexibility while retaining consistence and unification of components and its configuration.

Most notable SafeFire PPP features are:

• Easy to use PM GUI

• PPP implementation compatible with latest RFC

  1332 The PPP Internet Protocol Control Protocol (IPCP)
  1334 PPP Authentication Protocols
  1570 PPP LCP Extensions
  1661 The Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP)
  1662 PPP in HDLC-like Framing
  1877 PPP Internet Protocol Control Protocol Extensions for Name Server Addresses
  1962 The PPP Compression Control Protocol (CCP)
  1994 PPP Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol (CHAP)
  2138 Remote Authentication Dial In User Service (RADIUS)
  2139 RADIUS Accounting
  2433 Microsoft PPP CHAP Extensions
  2516 A Method for Transmitting PPP Over Ethernet (PPPoE)

• PPP over Ethernet
  These days many xDSL and Cable modem service providers are moving to this modern and powerful solution.

• Callback
  Reduce your phone bills by using this feature. Provider will call you back and make a connection.

• Dial-On-Demand
  This money saving feature is complemented with powerful packet filtering feature.

• Modular design
  Full control over which parts of SafeFire PPP will be loaded and how they will be connected together to accomplish the task.

• Three packet filters for various purposes:
  • Incoming filter to filter out dangerous packets before it will reach TCP/IP stack or NAT engine.

  • Secondary filter placed after NAT engine to filter, gathering statistics, logging and other tasks. Placed after NAT engine it sees packets just like there is no NAT.

  • Dial-On-Demand filter which makes possible to fine tune conditions when SafeFire PPP will start outgoing connection.

• NAT (Network Address Translation)
  NAT enables transparent Internet access for workstations in LAN without any need of special client software or complicated setup for it.

• CCP (Compression Control Protocol)
  CCP makes your Internet access as fast as possible by using modern compression methods.

• Most of modern authentication protocols
  Supported protocols are:
  • PAP (Password Authentication Protocol)
  • CHAP (Challenge Authentication Protocol), including MD5 (standard) and Microsoft extension (MS-CHAP). for you to have no problems with any ISP.

• REXX API for connection script.
  Standard PPP.EXE which comes with OS/2 provides REXX API for connection scripts.
  SafeFire PPP retains compatibility with that API and extends it with some new useful functions which allows setting and getting modem control lines.

• REXX API for authentication.
  Authentication modules also implemented as plugins. One of the plugins contains a REXX API for user defined authentication functions. Example of using this API provided with SafeFire PPP uses standard pap.sct/chap.sct files.

• A set of predefined configuration files for most common cases:
  • Dial-Up client
  • Dial-Up server
  • Leased line client
  • Leased line server
  • PPP over Ethernet client