[BACK]Return to plus.html CVS log [TXT][DIR] Up to [local] / www

Diff for /www/plus.html between version 1.788 and 1.789

version 1.788, 2001/07/17 22:18:51 version 1.789, 2001/07/18 08:32:09
Line 53 
Line 53 
 <p>  <p>
 <h3><font color=#0000e0>We are working on OpenBSD-current.</font></h3><p>  <h3><font color=#0000e0>We are working on OpenBSD-current.</font></h3><p>
 <ul>  <ul>
   <li>...
   <li>Repair multiple key handling in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=wicontrol&sektion=8">wicontrol(8)</a>.
   <li>New ether_input_mbuf to ease transition from ether_header in ether_input; drivers will migrate to this.
   <li>Wave goodbye to kernfs.
   <li>Replace existing <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=telnetd&sektion=8">telnetd(8)</a> with the one from heimdal-0.3f.
   <li>Assorted modifications to <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=uvm&sektion=9">uvm(9)</a>.
 <li><font color=#e00000><strong>RELIABILITY FIX: link XF86Setup  <li><font color=#e00000><strong>RELIABILITY FIX: link XF86Setup
    against the right version of libXxf86vm.a.</strong></font><br> Fix the     against the right version of libXxf86vm.a.</strong></font><br> Fix the
    problem of corrupted XF86Config file produced by XF86Setup.<br>     problem of corrupted XF86Config file produced by XF86Setup.<br>
    <a href=errata.html#XF86Setup>A source code patch is available</a>.<br>     <a href=errata.html#XF86Setup>A source code patch is available</a>.<br>
    <a href="stable.html"><font color=#00b000>[Applied to stable]</font></a>     <a href="stable.html"><font color=#00b000>[Applied to stable]</font></a>
 <li>...  <li>Avoid a pidfile/sigterm race in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd&sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>.
   <li>Merge the system's crypto.h into crptodev.h, avoiding name conflicts with OpenSSL.
   <li>Various <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pool&sektion=9">pool(9)</a> improvements including a new pool_cache() function and cleaner locking.
   <li>Spelling audit throughout the manual pages.
   <li>Try to have <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh-keygen&sektion=1">ssh-keygen(1)</a> decode ssh-3.0.0 private RSA keys.
   <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=mg&sektion=1">mg(1)</a> feature: M-x theo.
   <li>Support PCI bus configuration from userland.
   <li>Add TCP, UDP, and IPv4 hardware checksum processing, excluding outbound TCP/UDP.
   <li>Internal shuffling of <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=vnode&sektion=9">vnode(9)</a> operations in some filesystems.
   <li>Disable interrupts in the <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=wi&sektion=4">wi(4)</a> driver before mapping and establishing the interrupt, thereby avoiding a race condition.
   <li>MI loadfile support; currently only used on powerpc.
   <li>Obsolete *known_hosts2 in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>.
   <li>Some <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=hifn&sektion=4">hifn(4)</a> fixes, largely related to descriptor lengths.
   <li>Don't let <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&sektion=1">ssh(1)</a> overwrite argv.
   <li>Shrink <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dmesg&sektion=8">dmesg(8)</a>.
   <li>Merge authorized_keys2 into authorized_keys in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>.
   <li>Provide a <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sysctl&sektion=3">sysctl(3)</a> interface to msgbuf; handy for <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dmesg&sektion=8">dmesg(8)</a>, allowing it to run without setgid.
   <li>Upgrade to heimdal-0.3f.
   <li>Use <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=moduli&sektion=5">moduli(5)</a> instead of the deprecated primes.
   <li>Add RNG support in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=hifn&sektion=4">hifn(4)</a> for the 7951.
   <li>In <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=isakmpd&sektion=8">isakmpd(8)</a>, fallback to <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=stat&sektion=2">stat(2)</a> when <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=readdir&sektion=3">readdir(3)</a> doesn't return d_type.
   <li>Apply KNF to many kernel sources.
   <li>Don't forward <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ip6&sektion=4">ip6(4)</a> packets back into point-to-point link if the packet's destination address matches said p2p link's interface.
   <li>Lots of manual page cleanups.
   <li>Upgrade to openssl-engine-0.9.6a.
   <li>Many fixes in the kernel's <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=lockf&sektion=3">lockf(3)</a> code including avoiding livelocks on ptrace-related scenarios.
   <li>Modify file locking routine in the <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=skey&sektion=3">skey(3)</a> library, preventing a race condition, plus other modifications; integrate.
   <li>Document <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=physio&sektion=9">physio(9)</a>.
   <li>More variables in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=login.conf&sektion=5">login.conf(5)</a>: login-timeout, login-tries, and login-backoff.
   <li>Improve <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ppp&sektion=8">ppp(8)</a>: handle hardware-imposed MTU/MRU limitations; support stateful MPPE (Microsoft encryption).
   <li>Repair <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=vi&sektion=1">vi(1)</a> to avoid spinouts when creating temporary files.
   <li>Make <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ftp&sektion=1">ftp(1)</a> use binary for transfers as opposed to ascii.
   <li>Merge <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=passwd.conf&sektion=5">passwd.conf(5)</a> into <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=login.conf&sektion=5">login.conf(5)</a> and add passwordtime and minpasswordlen variables.
   <li>Move microcode includes around to avoid erroneously installing them, among other reasons.
   <li>Overhaul some kern_exec internals, cleaning up the setuid/setgid-checking code.
   <li>Adapt <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=skeyinfo&sektion=1">skeyinfo(1)</a> to use BSD authentication and removal of the suid root bit.
   <li>Improve powerpc's awacs driver; many interrupt fixes.
   <li>Allow the use of ^T in passphrases read by <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=readpassphrase&sektion=3">readpassphrase(3)</a>.
 <li><font color=#e00000><strong>SECURITY FIX: avoid race in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=execve&sektion=2">execve(2)</a> when checking flags for <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ptrace&sektion=2">ptrace(2)</a>.</strong></font><br>  <li><font color=#e00000><strong>SECURITY FIX: avoid race in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=execve&sektion=2">execve(2)</a> when checking flags for <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ptrace&sektion=2">ptrace(2)</a>.</strong></font><br>
     <a href=errata.html#kernexec>A source code patch is available</a>.<br>      <a href=errata.html#kernexec>A source code patch is available</a>.<br>
     <a href="stable.html"><font color=#00b000>[Applied to stable]</font></a>      <a href="stable.html"><font color=#00b000>[Applied to stable]</font></a>

Legend:
Removed from v.1.788  
changed lines
  Added in v.1.789