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authorbmah <bmah@FreeBSD.org>2001-06-06 22:08:26 +0000
committerbmah <bmah@FreeBSD.org>2001-06-06 22:08:26 +0000
commitd01e9c003d869bc00961897bfd3d675fe1d239ad (patch)
tree068e4f1c2e4ecc8a38c79590098141d83370ea30 /release
parentdf7d2486bc3728e9ce027e6eb853576a75e13f2e (diff)
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New release notes: SYN flood resistance, fmt(1) rewrite, df(1) -l,
traceroute(8) default maximum TTL. Modified release notes: reverse sense of ipfw(8) -d and add ipfw(8) -e.
Diffstat (limited to 'release')
-rw-r--r--release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml18
-rw-r--r--release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml18
-rw-r--r--release/doc/en_US.ISO_8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml18
3 files changed, 48 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 8e1aee3..a582178 100644
--- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml
+++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml
@@ -396,8 +396,9 @@
<para>&man.ipfw.8; now filters correctly in the presence of ECN bits in TCP
segments. &merged;</para>
- <para>&man.ipfw.8; now has a <option>-d</option> flag to prevent
- the display of dynamic firewall rules.</para>
+ <para>&man.ipfw.8; will now avoid the display of dynamic
+ firewall rules unless the <option>-d</option> flag is passed to
+ it. The <option>-e</option> lists expired dynamic rules.</para>
<para>&man.bridge.4; and &man.dummynet.4; have received some
enhancements and bug fixes.</para>
@@ -814,6 +815,9 @@
hierarchy. This bug has been fixed (see security advisory
FreeBSD-SA-01:40). &merged;</para>
+ <para>&os;'s TCP implementation has been made more resistant to
+ SYN floods, by eliminating the RST segment normally sent when
+ removing a connection from the listen queue.</para>
</sect2>
<sect2>
<title>Userland Changes</title>
@@ -1408,6 +1412,12 @@
be controlled by the <varname>diskcheckd_enable</varname> variable
in &man.rc.conf.5;.</para>
+ <para>&man.fmt.1; has been rewritten; the rewrite fixes a number
+ of bugs compared to its prior behavior.</para>
+
+ <para>&man.df.1; now takes a <option>-l</option> option to only
+ display information about locally-mounted filesystems.</para>
+
<sect3>
<title>Contributed Software</title>
@@ -1504,6 +1514,10 @@
<application>tcsh</application> has been updated to version
6.10. &merged;</para>
+ <para>&man.traceroute.8; now takes its default maximum TTL value
+ from the <varname>net.inet.ip.ttl</varname> sysctl
+ variable.</para>
+
<sect4>
<title>OpenSSH</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 8e1aee3..a582178 100644
--- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml
+++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml
@@ -396,8 +396,9 @@
<para>&man.ipfw.8; now filters correctly in the presence of ECN bits in TCP
segments. &merged;</para>
- <para>&man.ipfw.8; now has a <option>-d</option> flag to prevent
- the display of dynamic firewall rules.</para>
+ <para>&man.ipfw.8; will now avoid the display of dynamic
+ firewall rules unless the <option>-d</option> flag is passed to
+ it. The <option>-e</option> lists expired dynamic rules.</para>
<para>&man.bridge.4; and &man.dummynet.4; have received some
enhancements and bug fixes.</para>
@@ -814,6 +815,9 @@
hierarchy. This bug has been fixed (see security advisory
FreeBSD-SA-01:40). &merged;</para>
+ <para>&os;'s TCP implementation has been made more resistant to
+ SYN floods, by eliminating the RST segment normally sent when
+ removing a connection from the listen queue.</para>
</sect2>
<sect2>
<title>Userland Changes</title>
@@ -1408,6 +1412,12 @@
be controlled by the <varname>diskcheckd_enable</varname> variable
in &man.rc.conf.5;.</para>
+ <para>&man.fmt.1; has been rewritten; the rewrite fixes a number
+ of bugs compared to its prior behavior.</para>
+
+ <para>&man.df.1; now takes a <option>-l</option> option to only
+ display information about locally-mounted filesystems.</para>
+
<sect3>
<title>Contributed Software</title>
@@ -1504,6 +1514,10 @@
<application>tcsh</application> has been updated to version
6.10. &merged;</para>
+ <para>&man.traceroute.8; now takes its default maximum TTL value
+ from the <varname>net.inet.ip.ttl</varname> sysctl
+ variable.</para>
+
<sect4>
<title>OpenSSH</title>
diff --git a/release/doc/en_US.ISO_8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml b/release/doc/en_US.ISO_8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml
index 8e1aee3..a582178 100644
--- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO_8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml
+++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO_8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml
@@ -396,8 +396,9 @@
<para>&man.ipfw.8; now filters correctly in the presence of ECN bits in TCP
segments. &merged;</para>
- <para>&man.ipfw.8; now has a <option>-d</option> flag to prevent
- the display of dynamic firewall rules.</para>
+ <para>&man.ipfw.8; will now avoid the display of dynamic
+ firewall rules unless the <option>-d</option> flag is passed to
+ it. The <option>-e</option> lists expired dynamic rules.</para>
<para>&man.bridge.4; and &man.dummynet.4; have received some
enhancements and bug fixes.</para>
@@ -814,6 +815,9 @@
hierarchy. This bug has been fixed (see security advisory
FreeBSD-SA-01:40). &merged;</para>
+ <para>&os;'s TCP implementation has been made more resistant to
+ SYN floods, by eliminating the RST segment normally sent when
+ removing a connection from the listen queue.</para>
</sect2>
<sect2>
<title>Userland Changes</title>
@@ -1408,6 +1412,12 @@
be controlled by the <varname>diskcheckd_enable</varname> variable
in &man.rc.conf.5;.</para>
+ <para>&man.fmt.1; has been rewritten; the rewrite fixes a number
+ of bugs compared to its prior behavior.</para>
+
+ <para>&man.df.1; now takes a <option>-l</option> option to only
+ display information about locally-mounted filesystems.</para>
+
<sect3>
<title>Contributed Software</title>
@@ -1504,6 +1514,10 @@
<application>tcsh</application> has been updated to version
6.10. &merged;</para>
+ <para>&man.traceroute.8; now takes its default maximum TTL value
+ from the <varname>net.inet.ip.ttl</varname> sysctl
+ variable.</para>
+
<sect4>
<title>OpenSSH</title>
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