diff --git a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml index fea6084945e2..bfda6eab35a0 100644 --- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml +++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml @@ -381,6 +381,12 @@ stages of kernel initialization (before the system enters into single-user mode). &merged; + The kernel memory allocator is now a slab memory allocator, + similar to that used in Solaris. This is a SMP-safe memory + allocator that has near-linear performance as the number of CPUs + increases. It also allows for reduced memory + fragmentation. + Processor/Motherboard Support @@ -925,6 +931,11 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended The TCP implementation now properly ignores packets addressed to IP-layer broadcast addresses. &merged; + + The ephemeral port range used for TCP and UDP has been + changed to 49152–65535 (the old default was + 1024–5000). This increases the number of concurrent + outgoing connections/streams. @@ -2716,7 +2727,7 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended 8.3.1-REL. &merged; Binutils has been updated to a - 21 February 2002 snapshot from the FSF 2.12 branch. + 2.12.0. bzip2 1.0.2 has been imported; this brings the &man.bzip2.1; program and the @@ -2730,7 +2741,9 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended 3.37. gcc has been updated to - 2.95.3. &merged; + a snapshot of the 2.95 development branch from 20 March 2002 + (this snapshot includes changes made after the release of + gcc2.95.3). &man.gcc.1; now uses a unified libgcc rather than a separate one for threaded and non-threaded @@ -2814,7 +2827,7 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended Linux-PAM. The OPIE one-time-password - suite has been updated to 2.32. &merged; It has completely + suite has been updated to 2.4. It has completely replaced the functionality of S/Key. @@ -2944,7 +2957,7 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended OpenSSH users in the USA no longer need to rely on the restrictively-licensed RSAREF toolkit which is required to handle RSA keys. Among other - new features: A client and server for sftp has been added. + new features: A client and server for &man.sftp.1; has been added. &man.scp.1; can now handle files larger than 2 GBytes. A limit on the number of outstanding, unauthenticated connections in &man.sshd.8; has been added. Support has @@ -2953,9 +2966,34 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended SOCKS4 proxy has been added to &man.ssh.1;. &merged; + OpenSSH has been updated to + version 3.1. Among the changes: + + + The *2 files are obsolete + (for example, + ~/.ssh/known_hosts can hold the + contents of + ~/.ssh/known_hosts2). + + + &man.ssh-keygen.1; can import and export keys using + the SECSH Public Key File Format, for key exchange + with several commercial SSH implementations. + + + &man.ssh-add.1; now adds all three default keys. + + + &man.ssh-keygen.1; no longer defaults to a + specific key type; one must be specified with the + option. + + + + OpenSSH can now authenticate - using OPIE passwords in SSH1 mode. Support is not yet - available in SSH2 mode. &merged; + using OPIE passwords. PAM support for OpenSSH has been added. diff --git a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml index fea6084945e2..bfda6eab35a0 100644 --- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml +++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml @@ -381,6 +381,12 @@ stages of kernel initialization (before the system enters into single-user mode). &merged; + The kernel memory allocator is now a slab memory allocator, + similar to that used in Solaris. This is a SMP-safe memory + allocator that has near-linear performance as the number of CPUs + increases. It also allows for reduced memory + fragmentation. + Processor/Motherboard Support @@ -925,6 +931,11 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended The TCP implementation now properly ignores packets addressed to IP-layer broadcast addresses. &merged; + + The ephemeral port range used for TCP and UDP has been + changed to 49152–65535 (the old default was + 1024–5000). This increases the number of concurrent + outgoing connections/streams. @@ -2716,7 +2727,7 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended 8.3.1-REL. &merged; Binutils has been updated to a - 21 February 2002 snapshot from the FSF 2.12 branch. + 2.12.0. bzip2 1.0.2 has been imported; this brings the &man.bzip2.1; program and the @@ -2730,7 +2741,9 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended 3.37. gcc has been updated to - 2.95.3. &merged; + a snapshot of the 2.95 development branch from 20 March 2002 + (this snapshot includes changes made after the release of + gcc2.95.3). &man.gcc.1; now uses a unified libgcc rather than a separate one for threaded and non-threaded @@ -2814,7 +2827,7 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended Linux-PAM. The OPIE one-time-password - suite has been updated to 2.32. &merged; It has completely + suite has been updated to 2.4. It has completely replaced the functionality of S/Key. @@ -2944,7 +2957,7 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended OpenSSH users in the USA no longer need to rely on the restrictively-licensed RSAREF toolkit which is required to handle RSA keys. Among other - new features: A client and server for sftp has been added. + new features: A client and server for &man.sftp.1; has been added. &man.scp.1; can now handle files larger than 2 GBytes. A limit on the number of outstanding, unauthenticated connections in &man.sshd.8; has been added. Support has @@ -2953,9 +2966,34 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended SOCKS4 proxy has been added to &man.ssh.1;. &merged; + OpenSSH has been updated to + version 3.1. Among the changes: + + + The *2 files are obsolete + (for example, + ~/.ssh/known_hosts can hold the + contents of + ~/.ssh/known_hosts2). + + + &man.ssh-keygen.1; can import and export keys using + the SECSH Public Key File Format, for key exchange + with several commercial SSH implementations. + + + &man.ssh-add.1; now adds all three default keys. + + + &man.ssh-keygen.1; no longer defaults to a + specific key type; one must be specified with the + option. + + + + OpenSSH can now authenticate - using OPIE passwords in SSH1 mode. Support is not yet - available in SSH2 mode. &merged; + using OPIE passwords. PAM support for OpenSSH has been added.