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authorBruce A. Mah <bmah@FreeBSD.org>2001-08-15 17:05:07 +0000
committerBruce A. Mah <bmah@FreeBSD.org>2001-08-15 17:05:07 +0000
commit99fe508b9da376b4310afb5553cd4c0bb3def5d9 (patch)
treea1bc8848292d01d6b40b951719f8aa4e369a2c59
parentc70f4417dcb3cde2561e62388374a968f2f4bb05 (diff)
Notes
-rw-r--r--release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml14
-rw-r--r--release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml14
2 files changed, 16 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml
index f917bf3f6b22..6e7ba6ccea2a 100644
--- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml
+++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml
@@ -807,9 +807,9 @@
</sect3>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="security">
- <title>Security Fixes</title>
+ <title>Security-Related Changes</title>
- <para>&man.sysinstall.8; now allows the user to select one of three
+ <para>&man.sysinstall.8; now allows the user to select one of two
<quote>security profiles</quote> at install-time. These profiles enable
different levels of system security by enabling or disabling
various system services in &man.rc.conf.5; on new
@@ -822,10 +822,6 @@
<para>A security hole in Linux emulation was fixed (see security
advisory FreeBSD-SA-00:42). &merged;</para>
- <para>&man.rlogind.8;, &man.rshd.8;, and &man.fingerd.8; are now
- disabled by default in <filename>/etc/inetd.conf</filename>. This
- only affects new installations. &merged;</para>
-
<para>String-handling library calls in many programs were fixed to
reduce the possibility of buffer overflow-related exploits.
&merged;</para>
@@ -979,6 +975,12 @@
variables limit the amount of memory that can be consumed by IPv4
and IPv6 packet fragments, which defends against some denial of service
attacks (see security advisory FreeBSD-SA-01:52). &merged;</para>
+
+ <para>All services in <filename>inetd.conf</filename> are now
+ disabled by default for new installations. &man.sysinstall.8;
+ gives the option of enabling or disabling &man.inetd.8; on new
+ installations, as well as editing
+ <filename>inetd.conf</filename>. &merged;</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="userland">
<title>Userland Changes</title>
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 f917bf3f6b22..6e7ba6ccea2a 100644
--- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml
+++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml
@@ -807,9 +807,9 @@
</sect3>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="security">
- <title>Security Fixes</title>
+ <title>Security-Related Changes</title>
- <para>&man.sysinstall.8; now allows the user to select one of three
+ <para>&man.sysinstall.8; now allows the user to select one of two
<quote>security profiles</quote> at install-time. These profiles enable
different levels of system security by enabling or disabling
various system services in &man.rc.conf.5; on new
@@ -822,10 +822,6 @@
<para>A security hole in Linux emulation was fixed (see security
advisory FreeBSD-SA-00:42). &merged;</para>
- <para>&man.rlogind.8;, &man.rshd.8;, and &man.fingerd.8; are now
- disabled by default in <filename>/etc/inetd.conf</filename>. This
- only affects new installations. &merged;</para>
-
<para>String-handling library calls in many programs were fixed to
reduce the possibility of buffer overflow-related exploits.
&merged;</para>
@@ -979,6 +975,12 @@
variables limit the amount of memory that can be consumed by IPv4
and IPv6 packet fragments, which defends against some denial of service
attacks (see security advisory FreeBSD-SA-01:52). &merged;</para>
+
+ <para>All services in <filename>inetd.conf</filename> are now
+ disabled by default for new installations. &man.sysinstall.8;
+ gives the option of enabling or disabling &man.inetd.8; on new
+ installations, as well as editing
+ <filename>inetd.conf</filename>. &merged;</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="userland">
<title>Userland Changes</title>