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author | bmah <bmah@FreeBSD.org> | 2000-12-28 22:11:22 +0000 |
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committer | bmah <bmah@FreeBSD.org> | 2000-12-28 22:11:22 +0000 |
commit | 5736468b944beb0325d531a3f7dc6f128232f4eb (patch) | |
tree | e93d5d69c37a92765247e4dcc5e7a1f549d51347 /release | |
parent | 3dd47cb3d766dd30306ea0d78ed067ea814c99f3 (diff) | |
download | FreeBSD-src-5736468b944beb0325d531a3f7dc6f128232f4eb.zip FreeBSD-src-5736468b944beb0325d531a3f7dc6f128232f4eb.tar.gz |
New release notes: vinum(4) updates, ICMP ECHO and TSTAMP reply
rate limiting, ICMP admin prohibited handling, PECOFF support,
retired kernfs(5), killall(1) behavior restored, rm(1) -v output
change, lpr(1)/lpq(1)/lpd(8) enhancements, pkg_update(1), libdisk
install-time configuration of boot0 for i386.
Also note MFC of an(4) changes for WEP.
Diffstat (limited to 'release')
-rw-r--r-- | release/texts/alpha/RELNOTES.TXT | 28 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | release/texts/i386/RELNOTES.TXT | 31 |
2 files changed, 57 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/release/texts/alpha/RELNOTES.TXT b/release/texts/alpha/RELNOTES.TXT index 48cb9eb..f77b128 100644 --- a/release/texts/alpha/RELNOTES.TXT +++ b/release/texts/alpha/RELNOTES.TXT @@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ supported by cdrecord. Support for threads under Linux emulation has been added. The an(4) driver for Cisco Aironet cards now supports Wired Equivalent -Privacy (WEP) encryption, settable via ancontrol(8). +Privacy (WEP) encryption, settable via ancontrol(8). [MERGED] A new netgraph node type ng_one2many(4) for multiplexing and demultiplexing packets over multiple links has been added. [MERGED] @@ -202,6 +202,20 @@ sbufs, null-terminated string data structures, and their associated support routines, have been added to the kernel. Details are in sbuf(9). +The vinum(4) volume manager has received some bugfixes and enhancements. + +ICMP ECHO and TSTAMP replies are now rate limited. TCP RSTs generated +due to packets sent to open and unopen ports are now limited by +seperate counters. Each rate limiting queue now has its own +description. + +ICMP UNREACH_FILTER_PROHIB messages can now RST TCP connections, as +controlled by the net.inet.tcp.icmp_admin_prohib_like_rst sysctl. + +PECOFF (WIN32 Execution file format) support has been added. + +kernfs(5) is obsolete and has been retired. + 1.2. SECURITY FIXES ------------------- @@ -361,6 +375,9 @@ killall(1) is now a C program, rather than a Perl script. As a result, killall's -m option now uses the regular expression syntax of regex(3), rather than that of perl(1). [MERGED] +killall(1) now allows non-root users to kill SUID root processes that +they started. + finger(1) now has the ability to support fingering aliases, via the finger.conf(5) file. [MERGED] @@ -511,6 +528,15 @@ phase. Catching up with most other network utilities in the base system, lpd(1), lpd(8), syslogd(8), and logger(1) are now all IPv6-capable. +rm(1) -v now displays the entire pathname of a file being +removed. [MERGED] + +lpr(1), lpq(1), and lpd(8) have received a few minor +enhancements. [MERGED] + +pkg_update(1), a utility to update installed packages and update their +dependencies, has been added. + 2. Supported Configurations --------------------------- diff --git a/release/texts/i386/RELNOTES.TXT b/release/texts/i386/RELNOTES.TXT index 8f1ac9f..4763253 100644 --- a/release/texts/i386/RELNOTES.TXT +++ b/release/texts/i386/RELNOTES.TXT @@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ sequential-only writeable devices such as CD-R drives, which are supported by cdrecord. The an(4) driver for Cisco Aironet cards now supports Wired Equivalent -Privacy (WEP) encryption, settable via ancontrol(8). +Privacy (WEP) encryption, settable via ancontrol(8). [MERGED] The pcm(4) audio driver is now compiled into the GENERIC kernel by default. @@ -258,6 +258,23 @@ sbuf(9). The el(4) driver can now be loaded as a module. +The vinum(4) volume manager has received some bugfixes and enhancements. + +ICMP ECHO and TSTAMP replies are now rate limited. TCP RSTs generated +due to packets sent to open and unopen ports are now limited by +seperate counters. Each rate limiting queue now has its own +description. + +ICMP UNREACH_FILTER_PROHIB messages can now RST TCP connections, as +controlled by the net.inet.tcp.icmp_admin_prohib_like_rst sysctl. + +PECOFF (WIN32 Execution file format) support has been added. + +kernfs(5) is obsolete and has been retired. + +pkg_update(1), a utility to update installed packages and update their +dependencies, has been added. + 1.2. SECURITY FIXES ------------------- @@ -436,6 +453,9 @@ killall(1) is now a C program, rather than a Perl script. As a result, killall's -m option now uses the regular expression syntax of regex(3), rather than that of perl(1). [MERGED] +killall(1) now allows non-root users to kill SUID root processes that +they started. + finger(1) now has the ability to support fingering aliases, via the finger.conf(5) file. [MERGED] @@ -587,6 +607,15 @@ phase. Catching up with most other network utilities in the base system, lpd(1), lpd(8), syslogd(8), and logger(1) are now all IPv6-capable. +libdisk can now do install-time configuration of the i386 boot0 boot +loader. [MERGED] + +rm(1) -v now displays the entire pathname of a file being +removed. [MERGED] + +lpr(1), lpq(1), and lpd(8) have received a few minor +enhancements. [MERGED] + 2. Supported Configurations --------------------------- |