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version 1.3, 1999/10/29 17:39:53

version 1.4, 1999/12/22 03:33:48

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<li>16 partitions working on sparc and i386 (yipee!)

<li>vim is replacing nvi, since nvi does not have a pure BSD license, and vim also works better.

<li>And of course... more security related bugfixes... (ie. dump, restore, mt).

<li>ftp command modified for easily scripted ftp & http downloads.

<li>Complete in-tree development for MIPS/Alpha systems (ie. binutils).

<li>New routed from SGI.

<li>*Hobbit*'s netcat utility. The crackers use it, so should you.

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<li>scsi subsystem security fix

<li>much newer join command (4.4lite2 with other fixes)

<li>RCS version 5.7

<li>added /etc/fbtab support to login & init.

<li>partial protection against tcp SYN attacks.

<li>POSIX & C2 requirement; lose setuid/setgid bits if owner/group changed by chown(). This can be turned off with sysctl.

<li>a real adduser program, which can even be used uninteractively.

<li>install now supports -C, -p, and -S flags.

<li>20 or so more security fixes

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<li>using AT&T awk, gawk is toast

<li>pax as tar, gnutar is toast

<li>Boot kernels with "-c" to edit/enable/disable device configuration tables

<li>ATM support (support for one company's sparc & i386 cards available)

<li>kernfs extensions

<li>select() that can handle any amount of file descriptors.

<li>new system calls: rfork(), minherit(), poll().