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authorbmah <bmah@FreeBSD.org>2003-12-01 00:17:33 +0000
committerbmah <bmah@FreeBSD.org>2003-12-01 00:17:33 +0000
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New release notes: SA-03.19, tcp_hostcache, compat4x.i386 updates,
nologin(8) C implementation, no more sysinstall(8) security profiles Modified release notes: Dynamic /bin and /sbin only apply to non-ia64, BIND 8.3.7 (+ MFC), add old version information to sendmail update note. Approved by: re (implicitly)
Diffstat (limited to 'release/doc')
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2 files changed, 60 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml
index 3c140f3..e22ebe7 100644
--- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml
+++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml
@@ -171,6 +171,12 @@
have been fixed.
More information can be found in security advisory
<ulink url="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-03:18.openssl.asc">FreeBSD-SA-03:18</ulink>. &merged;</para>
+
+ <para>A potential denial of service in
+ <application>BIND</application> has been fixed. For more
+ information, see security advisory
+ <ulink url="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-03:19.bind.asc">FreeBSD-SA-03:19</ulink>. &merged;</para>
+
</sect2>
<sect2 id="kernel">
@@ -453,6 +459,13 @@
has been added. The &man.ip6addrctl.8; utility can be used to
configure the address selection policy.</para>
+ <para>The <literal>tcp_hostcache</literal> feature has been
+ added to the TCP implementation. It caches measured
+ parameters of past TCP sessions to provide better initial
+ start values for following connections from or to the same
+ source or destination. Similar information that used to be
+ stored in the routing table has been removed.</para>
+
</sect3>
<sect3 id="disks">
@@ -576,6 +589,10 @@
environment via the <option>-u</option>, <option>-g</option>,
and <option>-G</option> options respectively. &merged;</para>
+ <para>The <filename>compat4x.i386</filename> libraries have bee
+ updated to correspond to those available in &os;
+ 4.9-RELEASE.</para>
+
<para>The dev_mkdb utility is unnecessary due to the mandatory
presence of devfs, and has been removed.</para>
@@ -662,6 +679,9 @@
&man.mount.smbfs.8; utilities have been moved from
<filename>/sbin</filename> to <filename>/usr/sbin</filename>.</para>
+ <para>The &man.nologin.8; program has been reimplemented in C (it
+ was formerly a shell script).</para>
+
<para>The &man.rc.conf.5; variable <varname>ntpd_flags</varname> for
&man.ntpd.8; now includes <option>-f /var/db/ntpd.drift</option>
by default.</para>
@@ -689,10 +709,15 @@
<application>exim</application> and
<application>Postfix</application> are supported.</para>
+ <para>&man.sysinstall.8; no longer supports system <quote>security
+ profiles</quote>; this feature has been replaced by individual
+ tuning knobs to enable and disable &man.sshd.8; and set the
+ system securelevels.</para>
+
<para>&man.systat.1; now includes displays for IPv6 and ICMPv6
traffic. &merged;</para>
- <para>A number of utilities available in <filename>/bin</filename>
+ <para arch="i386,alpha,amd64,sparc64,pc98">A number of utilities available in <filename>/bin</filename>
and <filename>/sbin</filename> are now available as a
statically-linked <quote>crunched</quote> binary that lives in
<filename>/rescue</filename>. This functionality is similar to
@@ -731,7 +756,7 @@
updated from a 14 March 2003 snapshot to a 29 July 2003 snapshot.</para>
<para><application>BIND</application> has been updated from 8.3.4
- to 8.3.6.</para>
+ to 8.3.7. &merged;</para>
<para><application>GCC</application> has been updated from 3.2.2 to
a 3.3.3 post-release snapshot from 6 November 2003.
@@ -778,7 +803,9 @@
<para><application>OpenSSL</application> has been updated from
0.9.7a to 0.9.7c. &merged;</para>
- <para><application>sendmail</application> has been updated to
+ <para><application>sendmail</application> has been updated
+ from version 8.12.9
+ to
version 8.12.10. &merged;</para>
<para><application>texinfo</application> has been updated from 4.5
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 3c140f3..e22ebe7 100644
--- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml
+++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml
@@ -171,6 +171,12 @@
have been fixed.
More information can be found in security advisory
<ulink url="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-03:18.openssl.asc">FreeBSD-SA-03:18</ulink>. &merged;</para>
+
+ <para>A potential denial of service in
+ <application>BIND</application> has been fixed. For more
+ information, see security advisory
+ <ulink url="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-03:19.bind.asc">FreeBSD-SA-03:19</ulink>. &merged;</para>
+
</sect2>
<sect2 id="kernel">
@@ -453,6 +459,13 @@
has been added. The &man.ip6addrctl.8; utility can be used to
configure the address selection policy.</para>
+ <para>The <literal>tcp_hostcache</literal> feature has been
+ added to the TCP implementation. It caches measured
+ parameters of past TCP sessions to provide better initial
+ start values for following connections from or to the same
+ source or destination. Similar information that used to be
+ stored in the routing table has been removed.</para>
+
</sect3>
<sect3 id="disks">
@@ -576,6 +589,10 @@
environment via the <option>-u</option>, <option>-g</option>,
and <option>-G</option> options respectively. &merged;</para>
+ <para>The <filename>compat4x.i386</filename> libraries have bee
+ updated to correspond to those available in &os;
+ 4.9-RELEASE.</para>
+
<para>The dev_mkdb utility is unnecessary due to the mandatory
presence of devfs, and has been removed.</para>
@@ -662,6 +679,9 @@
&man.mount.smbfs.8; utilities have been moved from
<filename>/sbin</filename> to <filename>/usr/sbin</filename>.</para>
+ <para>The &man.nologin.8; program has been reimplemented in C (it
+ was formerly a shell script).</para>
+
<para>The &man.rc.conf.5; variable <varname>ntpd_flags</varname> for
&man.ntpd.8; now includes <option>-f /var/db/ntpd.drift</option>
by default.</para>
@@ -689,10 +709,15 @@
<application>exim</application> and
<application>Postfix</application> are supported.</para>
+ <para>&man.sysinstall.8; no longer supports system <quote>security
+ profiles</quote>; this feature has been replaced by individual
+ tuning knobs to enable and disable &man.sshd.8; and set the
+ system securelevels.</para>
+
<para>&man.systat.1; now includes displays for IPv6 and ICMPv6
traffic. &merged;</para>
- <para>A number of utilities available in <filename>/bin</filename>
+ <para arch="i386,alpha,amd64,sparc64,pc98">A number of utilities available in <filename>/bin</filename>
and <filename>/sbin</filename> are now available as a
statically-linked <quote>crunched</quote> binary that lives in
<filename>/rescue</filename>. This functionality is similar to
@@ -731,7 +756,7 @@
updated from a 14 March 2003 snapshot to a 29 July 2003 snapshot.</para>
<para><application>BIND</application> has been updated from 8.3.4
- to 8.3.6.</para>
+ to 8.3.7. &merged;</para>
<para><application>GCC</application> has been updated from 3.2.2 to
a 3.3.3 post-release snapshot from 6 November 2003.
@@ -778,7 +803,9 @@
<para><application>OpenSSL</application> has been updated from
0.9.7a to 0.9.7c. &merged;</para>
- <para><application>sendmail</application> has been updated to
+ <para><application>sendmail</application> has been updated
+ from version 8.12.9
+ to
version 8.12.10. &merged;</para>
<para><application>texinfo</application> has been updated from 4.5
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