New release note:

acpi_asus(4) added,
	versrcreach option of ipfw(4), and
	Israel Hebrew locale he_IL.UTF-8 added.

Update release note:
	The random ephemeral port allocation can be disabled using
	the net.inet.ip.portrange.randomized sysctl.

MFC:
	ng_hub(4),
	vr(4) polling support,
	per-interface polling(4) support, and
	random ephemeral port allocation.
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Hiroki Sato 2004-04-24 17:30:32 +00:00
parent 494377df3d
commit c5d76ff8a6
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<sect2 id="kernel">
<title>Kernel Changes</title>
<para arch="i386">The &man.acpi.asus.4; driver has been added
to use ACPI-controlled hardware features such as hot keys and
LCD on ASUSTek laptops.</para>
<para arch="i386">The &man.acpi.toshiba.4; driver has been added
to use Toshiba's Hardware Control Interface to manipulate
certain hardware features on Toshiba laptops.</para>
@ -358,7 +362,7 @@
<para>The &man.ng.hub.4; Netgraph node type, which supports
a simple packet distribution that acts like an Ethernet hub
has been added.</para>
has been added. &merged;</para>
<para>The &man.ng.vlan.4; Netgraph node type, which supports
IEEE 802.1Q VLAN tagging has been added. &merged;</para>
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support for USB Ethernet adapters based on the Davicom DM9601
chipset.</para>
<para>The &man.vr.4; driver now supports &man.polling.4;.</para>
<para>The &man.vr.4; driver now supports &man.polling.4;. &merged;</para>
<para>The hardware TX checksum support in the &man.xl.4; driver
has been disabled as it does not work correctly and slows down
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(&man.dc.4;, &man.fxp.4;, &man.em.4;, &man.nge.4;, &man.re.4;,
&man.rl.4;, &man.sis.4;, &man.ste.4;, and &man.vr.4;)
now also support this capability and it can be controlled
via &man.ifconfig.8;.</para>
via &man.ifconfig.8;. &merged;</para>
</sect3>
<sect3 id="net-proto">
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<para>The &man.gre.4; tunnel driver now supports WCCP version
2.</para>
<para>&man.ipfw.4; rules now support the <literal>versrcreach</literal>
option to verify that a valid route to the source address
of a packet exists in the routing table.
This option is very useful for routers with a complete view of
the Internet (BGP) in the routing table to reject packets with
spoofed or unroutable source addresses. For example,
<programlisting>deny ip from any to any not versrcreach</programlisting>
is equivalent to the following in Cisco IOS syntax:
<programlisting>ip verify unicast source reachable-via any</programlisting>
</para>
<para>Some bugs in the IPsec implementation from the KAME
Project have been fixed. These bugs were related to freeing
memory objects before all references to them were removed, and
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be increasing, no matter how quickly the port is recycled.</para>
<para>The random ephemeral port allocation, which come from OpenBSD
has been implemented.</para>
has been implemented. This is enabled by default and can be disabled
using the <varname>net.inet.ip.portrange.randomized</varname>
sysctl. &merged;</para>
</sect3>
<sect3 id="disks">
@ -649,6 +669,9 @@
for the benefit of the <filename role="package">misc/utf8locale</filename>
port.</para>
<para>An Israel Hebrew locale <literal>he_IL.UTF-8</literal>
has been added.</para>
<para>The &man.logins.1; utility has been added to display
information about user and system accounts.</para>

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<sect2 id="kernel">
<title>Kernel Changes</title>
<para arch="i386">The &man.acpi.asus.4; driver has been added
to use ACPI-controlled hardware features such as hot keys and
LCD on ASUSTek laptops.</para>
<para arch="i386">The &man.acpi.toshiba.4; driver has been added
to use Toshiba's Hardware Control Interface to manipulate
certain hardware features on Toshiba laptops.</para>
@ -358,7 +362,7 @@
<para>The &man.ng.hub.4; Netgraph node type, which supports
a simple packet distribution that acts like an Ethernet hub
has been added.</para>
has been added. &merged;</para>
<para>The &man.ng.vlan.4; Netgraph node type, which supports
IEEE 802.1Q VLAN tagging has been added. &merged;</para>
@ -390,7 +394,7 @@
support for USB Ethernet adapters based on the Davicom DM9601
chipset.</para>
<para>The &man.vr.4; driver now supports &man.polling.4;.</para>
<para>The &man.vr.4; driver now supports &man.polling.4;. &merged;</para>
<para>The hardware TX checksum support in the &man.xl.4; driver
has been disabled as it does not work correctly and slows down
@ -401,7 +405,7 @@
(&man.dc.4;, &man.fxp.4;, &man.em.4;, &man.nge.4;, &man.re.4;,
&man.rl.4;, &man.sis.4;, &man.ste.4;, and &man.vr.4;)
now also support this capability and it can be controlled
via &man.ifconfig.8;.</para>
via &man.ifconfig.8;. &merged;</para>
</sect3>
<sect3 id="net-proto">
@ -414,6 +418,20 @@
<para>The &man.gre.4; tunnel driver now supports WCCP version
2.</para>
<para>&man.ipfw.4; rules now support the <literal>versrcreach</literal>
option to verify that a valid route to the source address
of a packet exists in the routing table.
This option is very useful for routers with a complete view of
the Internet (BGP) in the routing table to reject packets with
spoofed or unroutable source addresses. For example,
<programlisting>deny ip from any to any not versrcreach</programlisting>
is equivalent to the following in Cisco IOS syntax:
<programlisting>ip verify unicast source reachable-via any</programlisting>
</para>
<para>Some bugs in the IPsec implementation from the KAME
Project have been fixed. These bugs were related to freeing
memory objects before all references to them were removed, and
@ -455,7 +473,9 @@
be increasing, no matter how quickly the port is recycled.</para>
<para>The random ephemeral port allocation, which come from OpenBSD
has been implemented.</para>
has been implemented. This is enabled by default and can be disabled
using the <varname>net.inet.ip.portrange.randomized</varname>
sysctl. &merged;</para>
</sect3>
<sect3 id="disks">
@ -649,6 +669,9 @@
for the benefit of the <filename role="package">misc/utf8locale</filename>
port.</para>
<para>An Israel Hebrew locale <literal>he_IL.UTF-8</literal>
has been added.</para>
<para>The &man.logins.1; utility has been added to display
information about user and system accounts.</para>