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| author | bmah <bmah@FreeBSD.org> | 2001-07-18 03:10:53 +0000 |
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| committer | bmah <bmah@FreeBSD.org> | 2001-07-18 03:10:53 +0000 |
| commit | d329620fddc96c45ac2ce6cd2a74189d6ab7e106 (patch) | |
| tree | 3a9db56c79843bdc4a6f76fac85d38a14a80042f | |
| parent | 793bf783e36324fa73d6a9634c1fed808ae8b2d8 (diff) | |
| download | FreeBSD-src-d329620fddc96c45ac2ce6cd2a74189d6ab7e106.zip FreeBSD-src-d329620fddc96c45ac2ce6cd2a74189d6ab7e106.tar.gz | |
New release notes: TCP default sendspace/recvspace increases,
mail(1) -E, SA-01:48.
| -rw-r--r-- | release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml | 11 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml | 11 |
2 files changed, 22 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml index c5453b2..8d797e6 100644 --- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml +++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml @@ -438,6 +438,11 @@ should reduce the buffer usage on large systems handling many connections. &merged;</para> + <para>TCP's default buffer sizes, controlled by the + <varname>net.inet.tcp.sendspace</varname> and + <varname>net.inet.tcp.recvspace</varname> sysctl variables, have + been increased to 32K and 64K respectively.</para> + <para>A new sysctl <varname>net.inet.ip.check_interface</varname>, which is on by default, causes IP to verify that an incoming packet arrives on an interface that has an address matching the @@ -941,6 +946,9 @@ an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of a setuid binary. This flaw has been corrected (see security advisory FreeBSD-SA-01:42). &merged;</para> + + <para>A remote buffer overflow in &man.tcpdump.1; has been fixed + (see security advisory FreeBSD-SA-01:48). &merged;</para> </sect2> <sect2> <title>Userland Changes</title> @@ -1631,6 +1639,9 @@ instead tries to figure out the default device name from the root device.</para> + <para>&man.mail.1; now takes a <option>-E</option> flag to avoid + sending messages with empty bodies. &merged;</para> + <sect3> <title>Contributed Software</title> diff --git a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml index c5453b2..8d797e6 100644 --- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml +++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml @@ -438,6 +438,11 @@ should reduce the buffer usage on large systems handling many connections. &merged;</para> + <para>TCP's default buffer sizes, controlled by the + <varname>net.inet.tcp.sendspace</varname> and + <varname>net.inet.tcp.recvspace</varname> sysctl variables, have + been increased to 32K and 64K respectively.</para> + <para>A new sysctl <varname>net.inet.ip.check_interface</varname>, which is on by default, causes IP to verify that an incoming packet arrives on an interface that has an address matching the @@ -941,6 +946,9 @@ an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of a setuid binary. This flaw has been corrected (see security advisory FreeBSD-SA-01:42). &merged;</para> + + <para>A remote buffer overflow in &man.tcpdump.1; has been fixed + (see security advisory FreeBSD-SA-01:48). &merged;</para> </sect2> <sect2> <title>Userland Changes</title> @@ -1631,6 +1639,9 @@ instead tries to figure out the default device name from the root device.</para> + <para>&man.mail.1; now takes a <option>-E</option> flag to avoid + sending messages with empty bodies. &merged;</para> + <sect3> <title>Contributed Software</title> |
