1
This NEWS file records noteworthy changes, very tersely.
2
See the manual for detailed information.
4
Version 1.0.4 (2009-01-15)
6
** Only find matched user/group pairs when searching for suitable
7
nonprivileged user/group to switch to.
10
** New kernel parameter "mandos=off" makes client not run at boot.
11
** Fix linking errors and compilation warnings on AMD64.
12
** Parse numbers in command line options better.
13
** The splashy and usplash plugins are more robust while traversing
14
/proc, and will not abort if a process suddenly disappears.
16
Version 1.0.3 (2009-01-06)
18
** Now tries to change to user and group "_mandos" before falling back
19
to trying the old values "mandos", "nobody:nogroup", and "65534".
20
** Now does not abort on startup even if no clients are defined in
24
** Plugins named "*.dpkg-bak" are now ignored.
25
** Hopefully fixed compilation failure on some architectures where the
26
C compiler does not recognize the "-z" option as a linker option.
28
Version 1.0.2 (2008-10-17)
29
* mandos-keygen now signs the encrypted key blobs. This signature is
30
not currently verified by mandos-client, but this may change in the
33
Version 1.0.1 (2008-10-07)
35
** Expand environment variables and ~user in clients.conf's "secfile"
36
The "secfile" option in /etc/mandos/clients.conf now expands
37
"~user/foo" and "$ENVVAR" strings.
39
* Client (plugin-runner, plugins, etc.)
40
** Manual pages for the usplash, splashy, and askpass-fifo plugins.
41
All plugins now have man pages.
42
** More secure compilation and linking flags.
43
All programs are now compiled with "-fstack-protector-all -fPIE
44
-pie", and linked using "-z relro -pie" for additional security.
46
* There is now a "NEWS" file (this one), giving a history of