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author | bmah <bmah@FreeBSD.org> | 2003-12-01 00:17:33 +0000 |
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committer | bmah <bmah@FreeBSD.org> | 2003-12-01 00:17:33 +0000 |
commit | c6c6d7acca8de44ac4a02e9f30e056010dfc12a0 (patch) | |
tree | 84b440f9dd080bed2a569116105244f5de98df15 /release | |
parent | 4acaafe6adb5f556d830393aec2820aa50e82cc8 (diff) | |
download | FreeBSD-src-c6c6d7acca8de44ac4a02e9f30e056010dfc12a0.zip FreeBSD-src-c6c6d7acca8de44ac4a02e9f30e056010dfc12a0.tar.gz |
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')
-rw-r--r-- | release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml | 33 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml | 33 |
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 |