From 1f9d1d9ad2bc748fd0af7770e0100696ec49600e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: bmah Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2001 23:02:10 +0000 Subject: New release notes: TCP NewReno, TCP more aggressive timeouts on SYN segments, IP verifies destination of received packet with ingress interface, bc update to 1.06, ipfstat -t. --- release/texts/alpha/RELNOTES.TXT | 16 ++++++++++++++++ release/texts/i386/RELNOTES.TXT | 16 ++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 32 insertions(+) diff --git a/release/texts/alpha/RELNOTES.TXT b/release/texts/alpha/RELNOTES.TXT index f19ae3e..77f4710 100644 --- a/release/texts/alpha/RELNOTES.TXT +++ b/release/texts/alpha/RELNOTES.TXT @@ -231,6 +231,17 @@ controlled by the net.inet.tcp.icmp_may_rst sysctl. [MERGED] TCP has received some bug fixes for its delayed ACK behavior. [MERGED] +TCP now supports the NewReno modification to the TCP Fast Recovery +algorithm. This behavior can be controlled via the +net.inet.tcp.newreno sysctl variable. [MERGED] + +TCP now uses a more aggressive timeout for initial SYN segments; this +allows initial connection attempts to be dropped much faster. [MERGED] + +A new sysctl net.inet.ip.check_interface, which is on by default, +causes IP to verify that an incoming packet arrives on an interface +that has an address matching the packet's destination address. [MERGED] + PECOFF (WIN32 Execution file format) support has been added. kernfs(5) is obsolete and has been retired. @@ -824,6 +835,11 @@ OpenSSL. The default value for the CVS_RSH variable (used by cvs(1)) is now ssh, rather than rsh. +bc has been updated from 1.04 to 1.06. + +ipfstat(8) now supports the -t option to turn on a top(1)-like +display. [MERGED] + 2. Supported Configurations --------------------------- diff --git a/release/texts/i386/RELNOTES.TXT b/release/texts/i386/RELNOTES.TXT index 2544afc..0e6e280 100644 --- a/release/texts/i386/RELNOTES.TXT +++ b/release/texts/i386/RELNOTES.TXT @@ -301,6 +301,17 @@ controlled by the net.inet.tcp.icmp_may_rst sysctl. [MERGED] TCP has received some bug fixes for its delayed ACK behavior. [MERGED] +TCP now supports the NewReno modification to the TCP Fast Recovery +algorithm. This behavior can be controlled via the +net.inet.tcp.newreno sysctl variable. [MERGED] + +TCP now uses a more aggressive timeout for initial SYN segments; this +allows initial connection attempts to be dropped much faster. [MERGED] + +A new sysctl net.inet.ip.check_interface, which is on by default, +causes IP to verify that an incoming packet arrives on an interface +that has an address matching the packet's destination address. [MERGED] + PECOFF (WIN32 Execution file format) support has been added. kernfs(5) is obsolete and has been retired. @@ -921,6 +932,11 @@ OpenSSL. The default value for the CVS_RSH variable (used by cvs(1)) is now ssh, rather than rsh. +bc has been updated from 1.04 to 1.06. + +ipfstat(8) now supports the -t option to turn on a top(1)-like +display. [MERGED] + 2. Supported Configurations --------------------------- -- cgit v1.1