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author | bmah <bmah@FreeBSD.org> | 2002-03-22 05:28:36 +0000 |
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committer | bmah <bmah@FreeBSD.org> | 2002-03-22 05:28:36 +0000 |
commit | b8113dab24b8e87485eba5743693cddb77150da7 (patch) | |
tree | 99b9cc45da44dd8daac53556e985a329829b44d0 /release/doc | |
parent | fc49faf982a99592b499300f44b7d8b5db8f2c62 (diff) | |
download | FreeBSD-src-b8113dab24b8e87485eba5743693cddb77150da7.zip FreeBSD-src-b8113dab24b8e87485eba5743693cddb77150da7.tar.gz |
New release notes: slab allocator, new ephemeral port range, OpenSSH 3.1.
Updated release notes: Binutils 2.12.0, gcc post-2.95.3 snapshot,
OPIE 2.4.
While I've got my hands dirty, make a couple of markup fixes as well.
Diffstat (limited to 'release/doc')
-rw-r--r-- | release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml | 50 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml | 50 |
2 files changed, 88 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml index fea6084..bfda6ea 100644 --- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml +++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml @@ -381,6 +381,12 @@ stages of kernel initialization (before the system enters into single-user mode). &merged;</para> + <para>The kernel memory allocator is now a slab memory allocator, + similar to that used in Solaris. This is a SMP-safe memory + allocator that has near-linear performance as the number of CPUs + increases. It also allows for reduced memory + fragmentation.</para> + <sect3> <title>Processor/Motherboard Support</title> @@ -925,6 +931,11 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting> <para>The TCP implementation now properly ignores packets addressed to IP-layer broadcast addresses. &merged;</para> + + <para>The ephemeral port range used for TCP and UDP has been + changed to 49152–65535 (the old default was + 1024–5000). This increases the number of concurrent + outgoing connections/streams.</para> </sect3> <sect3> @@ -2716,7 +2727,7 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting> 8.3.1-REL. &merged;</para> <para><application>Binutils</application> has been updated to a - 21 February 2002 snapshot from the FSF 2.12 branch.</para> + 2.12.0.</para> <para><application>bzip2</application> 1.0.2 has been imported; this brings the &man.bzip2.1; program and the @@ -2730,7 +2741,9 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting> 3.37.</para> <para><application>gcc</application> has been updated to - 2.95.3. &merged;</para> + a snapshot of the 2.95 development branch from 20 March 2002 + (this snapshot includes changes made after the release of + <application>gcc</application>2.95.3).</para> <para>&man.gcc.1; now uses a unified <filename>libgcc</filename> rather than a separate one for threaded and non-threaded @@ -2814,7 +2827,7 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting> <application>Linux-PAM</application>.</para> <para>The <application>OPIE</application> one-time-password - suite has been updated to 2.32. &merged; It has completely + suite has been updated to 2.4. It has completely replaced the functionality of <application>S/Key</application>.</para> @@ -2944,7 +2957,7 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting> <application>OpenSSH</application> users in the USA no longer need to rely on the restrictively-licensed RSAREF toolkit which is required to handle RSA keys. Among other - new features: A client and server for sftp has been added. + new features: A client and server for &man.sftp.1; has been added. &man.scp.1; can now handle files larger than 2 GBytes. A limit on the number of outstanding, unauthenticated connections in &man.sshd.8; has been added. Support has @@ -2953,9 +2966,34 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting> <application>SOCKS4</application> proxy has been added to &man.ssh.1;. &merged;</para> + <para><application>OpenSSH</application> has been updated to + version 3.1. Among the changes: + <itemizedlist> + <listitem> + <para>The <filename>*2</filename> files are obsolete + (for example, + <filename>~/.ssh/known_hosts</filename> can hold the + contents of + <filename>~/.ssh/known_hosts2</filename>).</para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para>&man.ssh-keygen.1; can import and export keys using + the SECSH Public Key File Format, for key exchange + with several commercial SSH implementations.</para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para>&man.ssh-add.1; now adds all three default keys.</para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para>&man.ssh-keygen.1; no longer defaults to a + specific key type; one must be specified with the + <option>-t</option> option.</para> + </listitem> + </itemizedlist> + </para> + <para><application>OpenSSH</application> can now authenticate - using OPIE passwords in SSH1 mode. Support is not yet - available in SSH2 mode. &merged;</para> + using <application>OPIE</application> passwords.</para> <para><application>PAM</application> support for <application>OpenSSH</application> has been added.</para> 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 fea6084..bfda6ea 100644 --- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml +++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml @@ -381,6 +381,12 @@ stages of kernel initialization (before the system enters into single-user mode). &merged;</para> + <para>The kernel memory allocator is now a slab memory allocator, + similar to that used in Solaris. This is a SMP-safe memory + allocator that has near-linear performance as the number of CPUs + increases. It also allows for reduced memory + fragmentation.</para> + <sect3> <title>Processor/Motherboard Support</title> @@ -925,6 +931,11 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting> <para>The TCP implementation now properly ignores packets addressed to IP-layer broadcast addresses. &merged;</para> + + <para>The ephemeral port range used for TCP and UDP has been + changed to 49152–65535 (the old default was + 1024–5000). This increases the number of concurrent + outgoing connections/streams.</para> </sect3> <sect3> @@ -2716,7 +2727,7 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting> 8.3.1-REL. &merged;</para> <para><application>Binutils</application> has been updated to a - 21 February 2002 snapshot from the FSF 2.12 branch.</para> + 2.12.0.</para> <para><application>bzip2</application> 1.0.2 has been imported; this brings the &man.bzip2.1; program and the @@ -2730,7 +2741,9 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting> 3.37.</para> <para><application>gcc</application> has been updated to - 2.95.3. &merged;</para> + a snapshot of the 2.95 development branch from 20 March 2002 + (this snapshot includes changes made after the release of + <application>gcc</application>2.95.3).</para> <para>&man.gcc.1; now uses a unified <filename>libgcc</filename> rather than a separate one for threaded and non-threaded @@ -2814,7 +2827,7 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting> <application>Linux-PAM</application>.</para> <para>The <application>OPIE</application> one-time-password - suite has been updated to 2.32. &merged; It has completely + suite has been updated to 2.4. It has completely replaced the functionality of <application>S/Key</application>.</para> @@ -2944,7 +2957,7 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting> <application>OpenSSH</application> users in the USA no longer need to rely on the restrictively-licensed RSAREF toolkit which is required to handle RSA keys. Among other - new features: A client and server for sftp has been added. + new features: A client and server for &man.sftp.1; has been added. &man.scp.1; can now handle files larger than 2 GBytes. A limit on the number of outstanding, unauthenticated connections in &man.sshd.8; has been added. Support has @@ -2953,9 +2966,34 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting> <application>SOCKS4</application> proxy has been added to &man.ssh.1;. &merged;</para> + <para><application>OpenSSH</application> has been updated to + version 3.1. Among the changes: + <itemizedlist> + <listitem> + <para>The <filename>*2</filename> files are obsolete + (for example, + <filename>~/.ssh/known_hosts</filename> can hold the + contents of + <filename>~/.ssh/known_hosts2</filename>).</para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para>&man.ssh-keygen.1; can import and export keys using + the SECSH Public Key File Format, for key exchange + with several commercial SSH implementations.</para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para>&man.ssh-add.1; now adds all three default keys.</para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para>&man.ssh-keygen.1; no longer defaults to a + specific key type; one must be specified with the + <option>-t</option> option.</para> + </listitem> + </itemizedlist> + </para> + <para><application>OpenSSH</application> can now authenticate - using OPIE passwords in SSH1 mode. Support is not yet - available in SSH2 mode. &merged;</para> + using <application>OPIE</application> passwords.</para> <para><application>PAM</application> support for <application>OpenSSH</application> has been added.</para> |