From 27322174cd2b20633ad4fde1ba56e08921b1a550 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Robert Watson Date: Sun, 16 Apr 2000 20:06:11 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Add mention of extended attributes in release notes. Suggested by: kkenn --- release/texts/alpha/RELNOTES.TXT | 6 ++++++ release/texts/i386/RELNOTES.TXT | 6 ++++++ 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+) diff --git a/release/texts/alpha/RELNOTES.TXT b/release/texts/alpha/RELNOTES.TXT index 82ac5fd49e13..9247987d28d3 100644 --- a/release/texts/alpha/RELNOTES.TXT +++ b/release/texts/alpha/RELNOTES.TXT @@ -54,6 +54,12 @@ specifically marked as [MERGED] features. 1.1. KERNEL CHANGES ------------------- +Support for named extended attributes was added to the FreeBSD kernel. +This allows the kernel, and appropriately privileged userland processes, +to tag files and directories with attribute data. Extended attributes +were added to support the TrustedBSD Project, in particular ACLs, +capability data, and mandatory access control labels. + 1.2. SECURITY FIXES ------------------- diff --git a/release/texts/i386/RELNOTES.TXT b/release/texts/i386/RELNOTES.TXT index fa0f62ffa8e5..6f29cb8f7d7e 100644 --- a/release/texts/i386/RELNOTES.TXT +++ b/release/texts/i386/RELNOTES.TXT @@ -54,6 +54,12 @@ specifically marked as [MERGED] features. 1.1. KERNEL CHANGES ------------------- +Support for named extended attributes was added to the FreeBSD kernel. +This allows the kernel, and appropriately privileged userland processes, +to tag files and directories with attribute data. Extended attributes +were added to support the TrustedBSD Project, in particular ACLs, +capability data, and mandatory access control labels. + 1.2. SECURITY FIXES -------------------