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This NEWS file records noteworthy changes, very tersely.
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See the manual for detailed information.
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Version 1.0.4 (2009-01-15)
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** Only find matched user/group pairs when searching for suitable
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nonprivileged user/group to switch to.
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** New kernel parameter "mandos=off" makes client not run at boot.
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** Fix linking errors and compilation warnings on AMD64.
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** Parse numbers in command line options better.
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** The splashy and usplash plugins are more robust while traversing
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/proc, and will not abort if a process suddenly disappears.
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Version 1.0.3 (2009-01-06)
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** Now tries to change to user and group "_mandos" before falling back
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to trying the old values "mandos", "nobody:nogroup", and "65534".
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** Now does not abort on startup even if no clients are defined in
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** Plugins named "*.dpkg-bak" are now ignored.
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** Hopefully fixed compilation failure on some architectures where the
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C compiler does not recognize the "-z" option as a linker option.
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Version 1.0.2 (2008-10-17)
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* mandos-keygen now signs the encrypted key blobs. This signature is
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not currently verified by mandos-client, but this may change in the
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Version 1.0.1 (2008-10-07)
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** Expand environment variables and ~user in clients.conf's "secfile"
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The "secfile" option in /etc/mandos/clients.conf now expands
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"~user/foo" and "$ENVVAR" strings.
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* Client (plugin-runner, plugins, etc.)
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** Manual pages for the usplash, splashy, and askpass-fifo plugins.
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All plugins now have man pages.
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** More secure compilation and linking flags.
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All programs are now compiled with "-fstack-protector-all -fPIE
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-pie", and linked using "-z relro -pie" for additional security.
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* There is now a "NEWS" file (this one), giving a history of
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