The GNU inetutils team is proud to present version 1.9 of the GNU network utilities suite. The GNU network utilities suite provides the following tools: ftp(d), hostname, ifconfig, inetd, logger, ping, rcp, rexec(d), rlogin(d), rsh(d), syslogd, talk(d), telnet(d), tftp(d), traceroute, uucpd, and whois.
Special thanks go to Mats Erik Anderson for doing such an excellent job! The following things are new in this release (please see the NEWS file for all the details): * Security fixes This release fixes a security flaw in telnetd that could lead to remote access. * Solaris is now a supported platform Support is still new, so please report any bugs to <bug-inetut...@gnu.org>. * Many OpenBSD fixes. Many problems on OpenBSD have been fixed. * ftp, tftp, tftpd Handle IPv6 connections. ftpd is still IPv4-only until next release. * syslogd, logger Handle IPv6 connections. The server can forward messages without using a listening INET socket. It can also bind to a single INET/INET6 address. * rlogind, rshd This legacy code was vulnerable to an attack based on source routing. Whenever either of IPOPT_SSRR or IPOPT_LSRR is encountered, the newly initiated connection is now server-side aborted. The advisory issued by Secure Networks, Inc., February 1997, was adapted. It was found at http://www.citi.umich.edu/u/provos/papers/secnet-spoof.txt * ifconfig Now under GNU/Linux `ifconfig -a' shows also interfaces without an address. Adjusted output formating for "unix". * ping Now supports `-W' parameter to specify number of seconds to wait for response. * Various bugs fixes, internal improvements and clean ups. Please send bug reports to <bug-inetut...@gnu.org>. Here are the compressed sources: ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/inetutils/inetutils-1.9.tar.gz _______________________________________________ GNU Announcement mailing list <info-gnu@gnu.org> https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-gnu
