--- cdrom.image/sme8/README.txt 2010/07/15 07:58:07 1.7 +++ cdrom.image/sme8/README.txt 2015/10/22 15:55:06 1.37 @@ -1,185 +1,222 @@ -SME Server 8.0 Beta 6 Release Notes -=================================== +Koozali SME Server 8.2 Release Announcement -July 18 2010 +Koozali SME Server 8.2 Release Notes +========================================== +22 Oct 2015 -The SME Server development team is pleased to announce the release of -SME Server 8.0beta6 which is based on CentOS 5.5 and will be the next -major release of SME Server. This is the final planned Beta for SME 8. +The Koozali SME Server (SME Server) development team is pleased to announce +the release of SME Server 8.2 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/ -*************************** -Testers Please Note the following... +Download +======== +You can download SME Server 8.2 from +http://mirror.contribs.org/smeserver/releases/8.2/ +or for other methods see http://wiki.contribs.org/SME_Server:Download -1. SME Server users should not upgrade production servers to this - release but those who can are encouraged to load the beta to a - dedicated test machine and take part in the testing phase. - -2. CentOS 5 has dropped support for i586 and therefore SME Server 8 - 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. - -3. Upgrading from previous releases should only be done on clean - machines without contribs or other modifications. - -4. Testers are now encouraged to test upgrade paths and to start testing - contribs. They are not certain to work so only try on test servers. - Please raise all issues found in the bug tracker. - -5. Some notes on on SME 8 including help on upgrades can be found at - http://wiki.contribs.org/SME_Server_8 - -6. Please note it may take up to 48 hours for mirrors to finish syncing, - during this time you may experience problems. - You can download SME8.0 Beta 6 from - http://mirror.contribs.org/smeserver/releases/testing/8/iso/i386/ - or for other methods see http://wiki.contribs.org/SME_Server_8 - -*************************** +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. +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 small donation to offset costs and fund further +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. -Thanks and a plea for help -========================== +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 beta release. At this stage in development the role -of testers is vital; the final release date and the stability and -quality of the new version depend on full and thorough testing by all -levels of users, right from beginners who may be confused by, and draw -the developers attention to, insufficiently transparent system design, -up to seasoned and skilled users who can probe the system deeply. Bug -triage and verification testing needs lots of community involvement; -please try to spare some time to this vital aspect of our community's -future. - -This release, which is based on a major update of the Centos Core, -contains many new features. Please run Software Installer in Server -Manager regularly during testing to be sure your system reflects the -latest stage of development. +themselves with this release. -Major changes in beta 6 -======================= -The policy is to stick with upstream updates unless there are compelling -reasons not to. The number of customers unable to run the software they -want because of the Samba and PHP versions constituted a compelling -reason. - -Samba 3x: -The Samba packages have reverted to those provided by CentOS to simplify -the support needed. This version of samba provides support for Windows 7 -domain logins. +Notes +===== -Changes in this release -======================= +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 -This section of this README file lists all package changes carried out -by SME-associated developers since SME Server 8.0 Beta 5. +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 -The package changelogs often included earlier changes and changes -carried out by non-SME-associated developers; these were removed to -shorten the list. Packages recently altered by Centos, Redhat, and -Fedora-associated developers are not included. +Changes in this release +======================= +Packages altered by Centos, Redhat, and Fedora-associated developers are +not included. Backups ------- -- Restoring from a Workstation Backup showed a false failure. -- Workstation Backup emails now include a To: header and includes the - system name in the subject line. -- Update backup instructions in server-manager. -- The Workstation Backup panel now removes leading and trailing spaces - from the hostname. -- Fix removal of leading slash in storage location. -- The Workstation backup to USB panel no longer presents mounted disks. -- Only define Workstation Backup temporary directory once. -- Remove relocate_samba_file and all references to /etc/smbpasswd. + - 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 ----------- -- Use samba3x package for windows 7 compatibility. -- Remove require strong key part of regedit file. -- Backup all the samba tdb files. -- Add dependency /usr/bin/tdbbackup. + - The samba performance registry is now added in the win10samba.reg + - Corrected typo in patch of bad character '“', relative to roaming profile + - e-smith-samba-2.2.0.bz9049.RoamingProfileForW8.patch + Added e-smith-samba-2.2.0.bz9049.RoamingProfileForW8.patch + Modified the registry file for roaming profile with W8 + - Roaming profiles follow Windows version (.V2,.V3,.V4,.V5) + added W10 support to SME Domain + e-smith-samba-2.2.0.bz9028.W10_registry.patch + 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 ------------ -- Add Chinese (Taiwan) language (zh_TW). -- Add Hebrew language (he). -- Fix translation of local nic string in console. -- Other fixes include updated translations for the existing languages. + - 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 ----------- -- Disable by default the SMTP transparent proxy, however upgrades from - sme7 will retain old default behavior where SMTP connections will be - transparently proxied. -- Implement a database key (TlsBeforeAuth) to allow SMTP - Authentication without TLS. The default remains to require TLS before - Auth (introduced in SME 8Beta5). -- Update qpsmtpd to 0.84 -- Config setting to enable SMTP to ISP Authentication Debug now uses - enabled/disabled for clarity. -- Fix HeloHost patch. -- Remove cron.daily jobs that are no longer needed. -- Update email addresses on domain change. + - 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 -------------- -- Improve the HTML formatting of the modify quota panel. - -Webmail and Groupware ---------------------- -- Updated to Horde 3.3.8 -- Updated to imp 4.3.7 -- Updated to Ingo 1.2.4 -- Updated to Turba 2.3.4 -- Add the ability to have a local LDAP Group Address book. -- Templated attributes.php to add ability to have multiple email - values for a contact. Separate entries with a comma and a space. -- Update to freebusy info in sources.php + - 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 ---------- -No updates + - Disable SSLv3 + - Revert CRIME mitigation patch, as it's not needed + - Mitigate CRIME, CVE-2012-4929 Other fixes and updates ----------------------- -- Handle no network interface scenario in console. -- Fix ldap-create errors when adding empty groups. -- The LDAP information for admin was not being updated. -- Don't try to save ibay password to LDAP. -- Do not allow pool.ntp.org as NTP server. -- Prepare for obsoletion of magic_quotes* when we supply PHP 5.3.0+ -- Fix missing space causing errors parsing the iptables rules. -- Migrate MirrorList properties to sme8 repos. -- Remove BaseURL properties if migrating to sme8 repos. -- Remove yum databases and repodata if migrating to sme8 repos. + - 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 5.5 and all available updates - -$Id: README.txt,v 1.6 2010/07/12 20:08:18 wellsi Exp $ +- Based on CentOS 5.11 and all available updates +Terry Fage +On behalf of the SME Server development team