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authorBruce A. Mah <bmah@FreeBSD.org>2001-03-26 18:04:53 +0000
committerBruce A. Mah <bmah@FreeBSD.org>2001-03-26 18:04:53 +0000
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New release notes: netstat -W, sockstat -c and -l, FFS/EXT2FS security
fixes (FreeBSD-SA-01:30). Reorder netstat(1) notes to be adjacent.
Notes
Notes: svn path=/head/; revision=74823
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@@ -431,6 +431,11 @@ To prevent some forms of DOS attacks, glob(3) allows specification of
a limit on the number of pathname matches it will return. ftpd(8) now
uses this feature. [MERGED]
+A security hole in FreeBSD's FFS and EXT2FS implementations, which
+allowed a race condition that could cause users to have unauthorized
+access to data, has been fixed (see security advisory
+FreeBSD-SA-01:30). [MERGED]
+
1.3. USERLAND CHANGES
---------------------
@@ -646,6 +651,15 @@ libisc. [MERGED]
The "in use" percentage metric displayed by netstat(1) now really
reflects the percentage of network mbufs used. [MERGED]
+netstat(1) now has a -W flag that tells it not to truncate addresses,
+even if they're too long for the column they're printed in. [MERGED]
+
+netstat(1) now keeps track of input and output packets on a
+per-address basis for each interface. [MERGED]
+
+sockstat(1) now has -c and -l flags for listing connected and
+listening sockets, respectively. [MERGED]
+
mergemaster(8) has gained some new features, has been cleaned up
somewhat, and is now more cross-platform friendly.
@@ -905,9 +919,6 @@ split(1) now has the ability to split a file longer than 2GB. [MERGED]
units(1) has received some updates and bugfixes. [MERGED]
-netstat(1) now keeps track of input and output packets on a
-per-address basis for each interface. [MERGED]
-
As part of an ongoing process, many manual pages were improved, both
in terms of their formatting markup and in their content. [MERGED]