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authorbmah <bmah@FreeBSD.org>2000-12-28 22:11:22 +0000
committerbmah <bmah@FreeBSD.org>2000-12-28 22:11:22 +0000
commit5736468b944beb0325d531a3f7dc6f128232f4eb (patch)
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parent3dd47cb3d766dd30306ea0d78ed067ea814c99f3 (diff)
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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.TXT28
-rw-r--r--release/texts/i386/RELNOTES.TXT31
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+kernfs(5) is obsolete and has been retired.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
---------------------------
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