--- cdrom.image/sme8/README.txt 2009/06/06 23:51:54 1.1 +++ cdrom.image/sme8/README.txt 2015/09/24 10:35:43 1.36 @@ -1,165 +1,215 @@ -SME Server 7.3 Release Notes -============================ - -January 1 2008 - -The SME Server development team is pleased to announce the release of -SME Server 7.3. This release is based on CentOS 4.6 and all packages -have been updated to the latest releases. - - -All SME Server users should upgrade to this release. - - -Bug reports and reports of potential bugs should be raised -in the bug tracker (and only there, please); - - http://bugs.contribs.org/ - - -About SME Server -================ - -SME Server is the leading Linux distribution for small and medium -enterprises. SME Server is brought to you by SME Server, Inc. -( http://www.smeserver.org/ ), a non-profit corporation that exists to -provide marketing and legal support for SME Server. - -SME Server is freely available under the GNU General Public License -and is only possible through the efforts of the SME Server community. -However, the availability and quality of SME Server is dependent on -meeting our expenses, such as hosting costs, server hardware, etc. - -As such, we ask for a small donation to offset costs and fund further -development. - -Please visit http://www.smeserver.org/donate/ to donate. - - -Thanks ------- -The development team would like to thank all of those involved in -this release. However, this distribution cannot continue with the -current level of support. More people are required to help with -bug triage and verification testing. - - -This release contains many new features, all released updates for -SME Server 7.2 and fixes for many reported problems. Upgrades -will be available by CD, the Software Installer and command line. - - -Upgrades -======== - -- Always perform a backup prior to major system upgrades - -- An upgrade will preserve the existing data - - -Changes in this release -======================= - - -Installer Options ------------------ -- Using "sme multipart" boot parameter now enables quotas on all LVM's - see bug 3651 on how to create your quota files - - -Other mail system changes -------------------------- -- Support for disconnect option in rhsbl plugin -- Support for disconnect immediately if dnsbl plugin rejects recipient - addresses -- Newer version of ipsvd to resolve a few Thunderbird issues -- Support for configurable timeouts which by default is set to two minutes - - -Console -------- -- Now able to remove Corporate DNS setting -- Raid reconstruction now finishes after using "sme nolvm" passed at install - time - - -Backups -------- -- Ability to use console restore with CD or DVD recordable media -- Remove smbpasswd file prior to restore - - -Localisation ------------- -- The fr-fr browser language is now supported -- Italian translation minor update - - -Software Installer ------------------- -- The voxteneo.com and fullnet.co.uk mirrors has been added as a mirror - location. Many thanks to all of our mirrors -- Removed planetmirror mirror due to being unstable for a number of months -- Added smecontribs repository to smeserver - - -Webmail -------- -- Horde, imp, turbo and ingo have been updated to the latest versions - - -Server manager --------------- -- Updated wording in Server manager > proxy to be correct when running in - serveronly mode -- Now able to remove settings in the Corporate DNS panel -- Make qpsmtpd/state visible in the view log files -- Convert squid timestamp in view log files -- Since we moved to session-based login changing admin password does no - longer invalidate access to server manager -- Added support if you use port-forwarding with an external dynamic ip - address - - -Other fixes and updates ------------------------ -- More changes have been made in preparation for migration to CentOS5 -- Various samba issues fixed with new samba 3.0.25b package -- Smartd is disabled by default but has built in templates to enable -- Import of spamassassin keys are now processed correctly -- Fixed various log noise issues -- Allow root to be key based login only -- Increased dnscache forwarder cache size -- Freshclam permissions now corrected -- Unwanted symlinks in httpd log directory no longer appear -- Added WPAD feature in DHCP -- Fixed various perl issues -- Using long email address now stops regeneration email every day - - -General features -================ - -- Based on CentOS 4.6 and all available updates - - -There are a few differnces from previous releases <=7.2 -====================================================================== - - -After installing for the very first time: ------------------------------------------ -- First night you should receive an email from cron about sa_updates. -- First night you should receive a large email saying a bunch of - groups/users were removed/added (rkhunter email notification). -- Any time you change users/groups you will receive an email the next day - about those changes (rkhunter email notification). - - -Taking the upgrade path from a 7.x to 7.3 ------------------------------------------ -- First night you may receive an email from cron about sa_updates -- First night you may receive a email saying missing passwd/group files - (rkhunter email notification). - -$Id: README.txt,v 1.20 2008/01/01 17:18:13 slords Exp $ +Koozali SME Server 8.2 RC2 Release Announcement + +Koozali SME Server 8.2 RC2 Release Notes +========================================== +24 Sept 2015 + +The Koozali SME Server (SME Server) development team is pleased to announce +the release of SME Server 8.2 Release Candidate 2 which is based on CentOS 5.11 + +Bug reports and reports of potential bugs should be raised in the bug +tracker (and only there, please); + + http://bugs.contribs.org/ + +Download +======== +You can download SME Server 8.2rc2 from +http://mirror.contribs.org/smeserver/releases/testing/8.2rc2/ +or for other methods see http://wiki.contribs.org/SME_Server:Download + +Please note it may take up to 48 hours for mirrors to finish syncing, +during this time you may experience problems. + +About SME Server +================ +SME Server is the leading Linux distribution for small and medium +enterprises. SME Server is brought to you by Koozali Foundation, Inc., +a non-profit corporation that exists to provide marketing and legal support +for SME Server. + +SME Server is freely available under the GNU General Public License and +is only possible through the efforts of the SME Server community. +However, the availability and quality of SME Server is dependent on +meeting our expenses, such as hosting costs, server hardware, etc. + +As such, we ask for a donation to offset costs and fund further development. + +a) If you are a school, a church, a non-profit organisation or an individual +using SME Server for private purposes, we would appreciate you to contribute +within your means toward the costs associated with hosting, maintenance and +development. + +b) If you are a company or an integrator and you are deploying SME Server in +the course of your work to generate revenue, we expect you to make a donation +commensurate with the level of revenue you generate and the number of servers +your have in the field. Please, help the project + +Please visit http://wiki.contribs.org/Donate to donate. + +Koozali Inc is happy to supply an invoice for any donations received, +simply email treasurer@koozali.org + +Thanks +====== +The development team would like to thank all of those who have involved +themselves with this release. + +Notes +===== + +1. CentOS 5 has dropped support for i586 and therefore SME Server 8.2 + will not work on i586 hardware. [See bugzilla:2845]. i586 hardware + means processors before and including Intel Pentium, Pentium MMX; + AMD K5, K6, K6-II, K6-III and Via C3. i686 architecture processors + are Intel Pentium Pro, Pentium II, Pentium III; AMD Athlon, + Athlon XP and later. + +2. Some notes on SME Server 8.2 including help on upgrades can be found at + http://wiki.contribs.org/SME_Server_8 + +3. Please note Upstream policy on Production Phase 3 for EL5. Only those + security updates deemed crucial are now being released upstream for EL5 + (so also for SME8) The Koozali team recommends that you start moving + workloads from SME Server 8 to SME Server 9. + Planned EOL for CentOS 5 is Mar 31 2017 + +4. Please note it may take up to 48 hours for mirrors to finish syncing, + during this time you may experience problems. + You can download SME Server 8.2 from + http://mirror.contribs.org/smeserver/releases/testing/8.2rc/ + +Major changes in this release +============================= +Switch back to upstream openssl builds +Modify whitelist_soft transaction to interact with dnsbl filter +Added Windows 10 support to SME Domain + +Changes in this release +======================= +Packages altered by Centos, Redhat, and Fedora-associated developers are +not included. + +Backups +------- + - Add pkgconfig dar + - New Upstream Version of dar + - Add requires nfs-utils + - The nfs service is neither started or allowed to start + - Workstation Backup, do not create folder in / + +File Server +----------- + - added W10 support to SME Domain + - e-smith-samba-2.2.0.bz9028.W10_registry.patch + - Fix samba audit parameters Patch from Jorge Gonzalez + + +LDAP +---- + - Make pdbedit output independent from locale and timezone so it can be + parsed + +Localisation +------------ + - apply locale 2015-03-14 patch from pootle + - apply locale 2014-12-25 patch from pootle + - apply locale 2014-03-08 patch from pootle + +Mail Server +----------- + - Updated to ClamAV release 0.98.7 + - Add BuildRequires for openssl-devel and libxml2-devel + - Remove Packager and Vendor from ClamAV spec file. + - Remove the patch e-smith-email-5.2.0-UEsDBBQDAAAIA-new-signature.patch + - Add new zip file signatures to default mailpatterns database : UEsDBBQDAAAIA + - Add new zip file signatures to default mailpatterns database : ZIPVOSX & ZIPV3 + - Fix stunnel path + - Use stunnel instead of sslio to support TLS + - Modify whitelist_soft transaction to interact with dnsbl filter + by John Crisp + - Remove DENYSOFT on SPF softfail qpsmtpd + - Increase MemLimit to 700M for clamav-0.98 + - Remove dnsbl.ahbl.org RBL List + +Server manager +-------------- + - Resync with upstream php53, which include + fileinfo: fix out-of-bounds read in elf note headers. CVE-2014-3710 + xmlrpc: fix out-of-bounds read flaw in mkgmtime() CVE-2014-3668 + core: fix integer overflow in unserialize() CVE-2014-3669 + exif: fix heap corruption issue in exif_thumbnail() CVE-2014-3670 + - Resync with upstream php53, which include + spl: fix use-after-free in ArrayIterator due to object + change during sorting. CVE-2014-4698 + spl: fix use-after-free in SPL Iterators. CVE-2014-4670 + gd: fix NULL pointer dereference in gdImageCreateFromXpm. + CVE-2014-2497 + fileinfo: fix incomplete fix for CVE-2012-1571 in + cdf_read_property_info. CVE-2014-3587 + core: fix incomplete fix for CVE-2014-4049 DNS TXT + record parsing. CVE-2014-3597 + - Resync with upstream php53, which include + core: type confusion issue in phpinfo(). CVE-2014-4721 + date: fix heap-based buffer over-read in DateInterval. CVE-2013-6712 + core: fix heap-based buffer overflow in DNS TXT record parsing. + CVE-2014-4049 + core: unserialize() SPL ArrayObject / SPLObjectStorage type + confusion flaw. CVE-2014-3515 + fileinfo: out-of-bounds memory access in fileinfo. CVE-2014-2270 + fileinfo: unrestricted recursion in handling of indirect type + rules. CVE-2014-1943 + fileinfo: out of bounds read in CDF parser. CVE-2012-1571 + fileinfo: cdf_check_stream_offset boundary check. CVE-2014-3479 + fileinfo: cdf_count_chain insufficient boundary check. CVE-2014-3480 + fileinfo: cdf_unpack_summary_info() excessive looping + DoS. CVE-2014-0237 + fileinfo: CDF property info parsing nelements infinite + loop. CVE-2014-0238 + +Web Server +---------- + - Disable SSLv3 + - Revert CRIME mitigation patch, as it's not needed + - Mitigate CRIME, CVE-2012-4929 + +Other fixes and updates +----------------------- + - Only fire the ip-change event when IP is assigned to WAN nic + (Code by Charlie Brady and John Crisp) + - When quiting the console app with unsaved changes set the default selected + answer to NO + - Add a verification in the console of number of pptp clients against ip allowed in dhcpd + - Add a verification in remoteaccess panel of number of pptp clients against ip allowed in dhcpd + - Reset primary ibay default type + - Add a migrate fragment to sanitize the host comment for illegal characters in the server-manager. + Sanitize existing hostname records, Add a validator for the comment in the hostname field + Code done by Charlie Brady + and Huib + - Force SSL following ibays settings to the relevant domain + - Move mysql logging to multilog + - Allow ntp status queries from localhost. + - Avoid uninitialized variable warning from last update. + - Add ssh-autoblock for external interface - patch by Chris Maltby + - Update to upstream version 2.3.4, which fixes CVE-2012-3478 and CVE-2012-2252 + - Updated rsync-protocol.patch to fix CVE-2012-2251, and to apply on top of the + CVE-2012-3478 and CVE-2012-2252 fixes. + - Updated makefile.patch to preserve RPM CFLAGS. + - Added command-line-error.patch (from Debian), correcting error message + generated when insecure command line option is used (CVE-2012-3478 fix + regression). + - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_18_Mass_Rebuild + - Add patch for rsync3 compat (#485946) + - Update smeserver-release for beta1 of SME Server 8.2 + - Set the check update frequency of smecontribs through the server-manager + - Add a default Yum db property for check4contribsupdates + - Added a check-update for the smecontribs repository + + +General features +================ + +- Based on CentOS 5.11 and all available updates + +Terry Fage +On behalf of the SME Server development team