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authorrwatson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org>2000-04-16 20:06:11 +0000
committerrwatson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org>2000-04-16 20:06:11 +0000
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Add mention of extended attributes in release notes.
Suggested by: kkenn
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-rw-r--r--release/texts/alpha/RELNOTES.TXT6
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diff --git a/release/texts/alpha/RELNOTES.TXT b/release/texts/alpha/RELNOTES.TXT
index 82ac5fd..9247987 100644
--- a/release/texts/alpha/RELNOTES.TXT
+++ b/release/texts/alpha/RELNOTES.TXT
@@ -54,6 +54,12 @@ specifically marked as [MERGED] features.
1.1. KERNEL CHANGES
-------------------
+Support for named extended attributes was added to the FreeBSD kernel.
+This allows the kernel, and appropriately privileged userland processes,
+to tag files and directories with attribute data. Extended attributes
+were added to support the TrustedBSD Project, in particular ACLs,
+capability data, and mandatory access control labels.
+
1.2. SECURITY FIXES
-------------------
diff --git a/release/texts/i386/RELNOTES.TXT b/release/texts/i386/RELNOTES.TXT
index fa0f62f..6f29cb8 100644
--- a/release/texts/i386/RELNOTES.TXT
+++ b/release/texts/i386/RELNOTES.TXT
@@ -54,6 +54,12 @@ specifically marked as [MERGED] features.
1.1. KERNEL CHANGES
-------------------
+Support for named extended attributes was added to the FreeBSD kernel.
+This allows the kernel, and appropriately privileged userland processes,
+to tag files and directories with attribute data. Extended attributes
+were added to support the TrustedBSD Project, in particular ACLs,
+capability data, and mandatory access control labels.
+
1.2. SECURITY FIXES
-------------------
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