HP-UX 11i v3 March 2012 Release Notes
• inetd(1): Two new command line options, -p (limit number of processes invoked by inetd)
and -a (enable user level auditing pf processes). Support for large hostnames and large
PIDs.
• libc: Numerous changes in APIs.
• Mailx, Elm, and Talk: elm(1M) and mailx(1M) are long-user-name compliant.
• R-commands: long username is supported.
• Sendmail: Version 8.13.3 has numerous new features.
• TFTP: tftpd™ (server) and tftp™ (client) now support IPv6 addresses. New command line
options specify upper and lower port range limits for data transfer.
• WU-FTPD: Version 2.6.1 supports long usernames. This release introduces a new feature,
ascii count in the ftpaccess(4) file by which ftpf can be made to reset the timeout alarm
of the data connection.
• LAN Administration Commands: lanadmin now supports an IPoIB interface, 64-bit MIB, and
native and non-native drivers developed by independent hardware vendors; lanscan and
linkloop now support IPoIB interfaces.
• LDAP-UX Integration Product: This release includes the new LDAP-UX version B.04.00.10.
• New: Network Interface Management Command Line Interface: The nwmgr command is used
to manage LAN-based and IB-based network interfaces; a single tool for performing all network
interface-related tasks.
• New: Network Interfaces Configuration and Network Services Configuration: These tools in
the HP System Management Homepage replace the Networking and Communications functions
of the System Administration Manager (SAM), which are no longer available.
• Red Hat Directory Server for HP-UX: Updated to version B.07.10.20 to incorporate defect
fixes.
• STREAMS: NOSYNC feature allows multiple instances of a put procedure for a queue and the
service routine for that queue to run concurrently. All references to the global variable
uniprocessor have been removed.
• NetTL - Network Tracing and Logging: The nettl command is enhanced with formatting
support for IPoIB header, new command-line option to configure trace buffer timer value,
support for pre-capture trace filters, and new command-line options to manage trace filters.
Initial (February 2007) Release Notes, Chapter 8: “Security”
• HP-UX 11i Security Containment: Fine-grained privileges and compartments are now part of
the core.
• HP-UX Auditing System: Enhanced in several ways, including: Standard Mode Auditing now
part of core products; multi-threaded kernel audit daemon is now dedicated in logging the
data into configurable number of files for better performance; collected audit data are more
comprehensive; and several other enhancements.
• HP-UX Bastille: With version B.3.0.20, new enhancements, capabilities, features, and benefits
(including bastille_drift analysis) represent additional items that Bastille will be able to lock
down, additional usability improvements, and a new ability for Bastille to check a given system
against a security baseline or report on the security-configuration state of a system.
• HP-UX IPFilter: Updated to version A.03.05.13 with defect fixes and enhancements including
filtering on X.25 interfaces, filtering on 10GigE interfaces; IPFilter not plumbed into the
networking stack by default; no reboot required to enable IPFilter.
• New: HP-UX IPSec: Previously only available on the AR media. Now delivered on the HP-UX
11i v3 Operating Environments. Provides an infrastructure to allow secure communications
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