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| version 1.14, 2005/09/13 08:47:23 | version 1.15, 2005/09/13 08:51:50 | ||
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| <li>Assorted improvements and code cleanup: | |||
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| <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=malloc&sektion=3&">malloc(3)</a> | |||
| has been rewritten to use the | |||
| <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=mmap&sektion=2&">mmap(2)</a> | |||
| system call, introducing unpredictable allocation addresses and guard | |||
| pages, which helps in detecting heap based buffer overflows and prevents | |||
| various types of attacks. | |||
| <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=intro&sektion=3&">libc(3)</a> | |||
| source code has been converted to ANSI C. | |||
| <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=realpath&sektion=3&">realpath(3)</a> | |||
| is now thread-safe. | |||
| <li>Several pathname races and potential buffer handling problems have been | |||
| fixed in | |||
| <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pax&sektion=1&">pax(1)</a>. | |||
| <li>Problems with signal delivery on <a href="sparc.html">OpenBSD/sparc</a> and | |||
| <a href="sparc64.html">OpenBSD/sparc64</a> have been fixed. | |||
| <li>Reliability of signal handlers using floating point on | |||
| <a href="i386.html">OpenBSD/i386</a> and | |||
| <a href="macppc.html">OpenBSD/macppc</a> has been improved. | |||
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| <li>OpenSSH 4.2: | <li>OpenSSH 4.2: | ||
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| <li>Adds a new compression method that delays the start of zlib | <li>Adds a new compression method that delays the start of zlib | ||
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| <a href="http://www.openssh.com/txt/release-4.2">release announcement</a>. | <a href="http://www.openssh.com/txt/release-4.2">release announcement</a>. | ||
| </ul> | </ul> | ||
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| <li>Over 3200 ports, 3000 pre-built packages, improved package tools. | <li>Over 3200 ports, 3000 pre-built packages, improved package tools. | ||
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