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authorhrs <hrs@FreeBSD.org>2004-04-24 17:30:32 +0000
committerhrs <hrs@FreeBSD.org>2004-04-24 17:30:32 +0000
commitff85c697fb5c60e63119af1255a9f4fd5131a47e (patch)
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New release note:
acpi_asus(4) added, versrcreach option of ipfw(4), and Israel Hebrew locale he_IL.UTF-8 added. Update release note: The random ephemeral port allocation can be disabled using the net.inet.ip.portrange.randomized sysctl. MFC: ng_hub(4), vr(4) polling support, per-interface polling(4) support, and random ephemeral port allocation.
Diffstat (limited to 'release')
-rw-r--r--release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml31
-rw-r--r--release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml31
2 files changed, 54 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml
index 31dea60..48ac820 100644
--- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml
+++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml
@@ -186,6 +186,10 @@
<sect2 id="kernel">
<title>Kernel Changes</title>
+ <para arch="i386">The &man.acpi.asus.4; driver has been added
+ to use ACPI-controlled hardware features such as hot keys and
+ LCD on ASUSTek laptops.</para>
+
<para arch="i386">The &man.acpi.toshiba.4; driver has been added
to use Toshiba's Hardware Control Interface to manipulate
certain hardware features on Toshiba laptops.</para>
@@ -358,7 +362,7 @@
<para>The &man.ng.hub.4; Netgraph node type, which supports
a simple packet distribution that acts like an Ethernet hub
- has been added.</para>
+ has been added. &merged;</para>
<para>The &man.ng.vlan.4; Netgraph node type, which supports
IEEE 802.1Q VLAN tagging has been added. &merged;</para>
@@ -390,7 +394,7 @@
support for USB Ethernet adapters based on the Davicom DM9601
chipset.</para>
- <para>The &man.vr.4; driver now supports &man.polling.4;.</para>
+ <para>The &man.vr.4; driver now supports &man.polling.4;. &merged;</para>
<para>The hardware TX checksum support in the &man.xl.4; driver
has been disabled as it does not work correctly and slows down
@@ -401,7 +405,7 @@
(&man.dc.4;, &man.fxp.4;, &man.em.4;, &man.nge.4;, &man.re.4;,
&man.rl.4;, &man.sis.4;, &man.ste.4;, and &man.vr.4;)
now also support this capability and it can be controlled
- via &man.ifconfig.8;.</para>
+ via &man.ifconfig.8;. &merged;</para>
</sect3>
<sect3 id="net-proto">
@@ -414,6 +418,20 @@
<para>The &man.gre.4; tunnel driver now supports WCCP version
2.</para>
+ <para>&man.ipfw.4; rules now support the <literal>versrcreach</literal>
+ option to verify that a valid route to the source address
+ of a packet exists in the routing table.
+ This option is very useful for routers with a complete view of
+ the Internet (BGP) in the routing table to reject packets with
+ spoofed or unroutable source addresses. For example,
+
+ <programlisting>deny ip from any to any not versrcreach</programlisting>
+
+ is equivalent to the following in Cisco IOS syntax:
+
+ <programlisting>ip verify unicast source reachable-via any</programlisting>
+ </para>
+
<para>Some bugs in the IPsec implementation from the KAME
Project have been fixed. These bugs were related to freeing
memory objects before all references to them were removed, and
@@ -455,7 +473,9 @@
be increasing, no matter how quickly the port is recycled.</para>
<para>The random ephemeral port allocation, which come from OpenBSD
- has been implemented.</para>
+ has been implemented. This is enabled by default and can be disabled
+ using the <varname>net.inet.ip.portrange.randomized</varname>
+ sysctl. &merged;</para>
</sect3>
<sect3 id="disks">
@@ -649,6 +669,9 @@
for the benefit of the <filename role="package">misc/utf8locale</filename>
port.</para>
+ <para>An Israel Hebrew locale <literal>he_IL.UTF-8</literal>
+ has been added.</para>
+
<para>The &man.logins.1; utility has been added to display
information about user and system accounts.</para>
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 31dea60..48ac820 100644
--- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml
+++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml
@@ -186,6 +186,10 @@
<sect2 id="kernel">
<title>Kernel Changes</title>
+ <para arch="i386">The &man.acpi.asus.4; driver has been added
+ to use ACPI-controlled hardware features such as hot keys and
+ LCD on ASUSTek laptops.</para>
+
<para arch="i386">The &man.acpi.toshiba.4; driver has been added
to use Toshiba's Hardware Control Interface to manipulate
certain hardware features on Toshiba laptops.</para>
@@ -358,7 +362,7 @@
<para>The &man.ng.hub.4; Netgraph node type, which supports
a simple packet distribution that acts like an Ethernet hub
- has been added.</para>
+ has been added. &merged;</para>
<para>The &man.ng.vlan.4; Netgraph node type, which supports
IEEE 802.1Q VLAN tagging has been added. &merged;</para>
@@ -390,7 +394,7 @@
support for USB Ethernet adapters based on the Davicom DM9601
chipset.</para>
- <para>The &man.vr.4; driver now supports &man.polling.4;.</para>
+ <para>The &man.vr.4; driver now supports &man.polling.4;. &merged;</para>
<para>The hardware TX checksum support in the &man.xl.4; driver
has been disabled as it does not work correctly and slows down
@@ -401,7 +405,7 @@
(&man.dc.4;, &man.fxp.4;, &man.em.4;, &man.nge.4;, &man.re.4;,
&man.rl.4;, &man.sis.4;, &man.ste.4;, and &man.vr.4;)
now also support this capability and it can be controlled
- via &man.ifconfig.8;.</para>
+ via &man.ifconfig.8;. &merged;</para>
</sect3>
<sect3 id="net-proto">
@@ -414,6 +418,20 @@
<para>The &man.gre.4; tunnel driver now supports WCCP version
2.</para>
+ <para>&man.ipfw.4; rules now support the <literal>versrcreach</literal>
+ option to verify that a valid route to the source address
+ of a packet exists in the routing table.
+ This option is very useful for routers with a complete view of
+ the Internet (BGP) in the routing table to reject packets with
+ spoofed or unroutable source addresses. For example,
+
+ <programlisting>deny ip from any to any not versrcreach</programlisting>
+
+ is equivalent to the following in Cisco IOS syntax:
+
+ <programlisting>ip verify unicast source reachable-via any</programlisting>
+ </para>
+
<para>Some bugs in the IPsec implementation from the KAME
Project have been fixed. These bugs were related to freeing
memory objects before all references to them were removed, and
@@ -455,7 +473,9 @@
be increasing, no matter how quickly the port is recycled.</para>
<para>The random ephemeral port allocation, which come from OpenBSD
- has been implemented.</para>
+ has been implemented. This is enabled by default and can be disabled
+ using the <varname>net.inet.ip.portrange.randomized</varname>
+ sysctl. &merged;</para>
</sect3>
<sect3 id="disks">
@@ -649,6 +669,9 @@
for the benefit of the <filename role="package">misc/utf8locale</filename>
port.</para>
+ <para>An Israel Hebrew locale <literal>he_IL.UTF-8</literal>
+ has been added.</para>
+
<para>The &man.logins.1; utility has been added to display
information about user and system accounts.</para>
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