X-Git-Url: http://git.meshlink.io/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=docs%2FNEWS;h=f6d04c629233eccb386bf90ac4ca95c1bec3f786;hb=83b432c2369d7ef4142811bea0109b6588b6f313;hp=fe561a5d4f80a702913080c619506e5a4c2d1042;hpb=a09c6b5182720c67e150f9db459f661f5bc41893;p=catta diff --git a/docs/NEWS b/docs/NEWS index fe561a5..f6d04c6 100644 --- a/docs/NEWS +++ b/docs/NEWS @@ -1,3 +1,15 @@ +Avahi 0.6.15 +============ + +This is a bugfix release, this bug is potentially security sensitive + + * Check that netlink messages actually originate from the kernel + and not another process. + * Fix build on NetBSD (thanks to Daniel S. Haischt) + * Fix dbus_service_browser not setting AVAHI_LOOKUP_RESULT_OUR_OWN. + +This release is backwards compatible with Avahi 0.6.x with x < 15. + Avahi 0.6.14 ============ @@ -6,15 +18,17 @@ This release fixes some bugs and includes a new component. Changes: * Add new daemon "avahi-autoipd" which is an implementation of - IPv4LL as defined in RFC3927. While it is not the first - implemenatation of this technology for Free operating systems it - is clearly the most powerful and hopefully even the most - secure. (Because it chroot()s and drops priviliges and suchlike) - For more information, especially about packaging this new tool for - distributions, please make sure to read: + IPv4LL as defined in RFC3927, a technology for assigning link-local IP + addresses without DHCP server. The same functionality has been available on + Windows under the name APIPA. While it is not the first implemenatation of + this technology for Free operating systems it is clearly the most powerful + and hopefully even the most secure. (Because it chroot()s and drops + priviliges and suchlike) For more information, especially about packaging + this new tool for distributions, please make sure to read: http://avahi.org/wiki/AvahiAutoipd - For the rationale for adding this program to the Avahi toolset - please read this mailing list thread: + and of course the man page included in the tarball. For the rationale for + adding this program to the Avahi toolset please read this mailing list + thread: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/avahi/2006-September/000863.html * Fix a segfault in the code handling static host name registrations * Add a few new entries to the service type database