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Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2009 18:04:20 +0400
From: Solar Designer <solar@...nwall.com>
To: announce@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: [openwall-announce] Linux 2.4.37.1-ow1, new Owl ISOs, Owl package updates
Hi,
This is to announce three somewhat-related items at once:
1. There's a new revision of the Linux kernel patch, 2.4.37.1-ow1. Most
importantly, the patch was updated to Linux 2.4.37.1, which includes
security fixes (in upstream 2.4.37.1 code, not in the -ow1 patch) and
support for some newer hardware. Additionally, functionality of the
CONFIG_HARDEN_PAGE0 feature has been revised to apply on top of the
vm.mmap_min_addr sysctl introduced in mainstream 2.4 kernels, and the
documentation has been revised accordingly. Upgrading of existing
installs is recommended. The download location is as usual:
http://www.openwall.com/linux/
2. We've recently made public new Owl-current ISOs for x86 and x86-64.
The files are:
-rw-r--r-- 1 ftp ftp 437798120 May 29 15:45 Owl-current-20090529-i586.iso.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 ftp ftp 441368108 May 29 16:52 Owl-current-20090529-x86_64.iso.gz
and they're available under /pub/Owl/current/iso (or equivalent) from
all of our official mirrors listed at:
http://www.openwall.com/Owl/DOWNLOAD.shtml
The i586 ISO fits on a standard (or should I say ancient?) 650 MB disc
(with around 20 MB left "free"), the x86_64 ISO needs 700 MB media (with
around 50 MB left "free").
Both of these ISOs use Linux 2.4.37.1-ow1 as the kernel - this is the
"official" kernel for Owl-current and Owl 2.0-stable right now.
3. A lot of packages have been significantly updated since the last ISO
snapshot announced in here. As usual, significant changes are
documented in the Owl-current change log:
http://www.openwall.com/Owl/CHANGES-current.shtml
One new package has been added - cdrkit, a suite of programs for
recording CDs and DVDs, blanking CD-RW media, creating ISO-9660
filesystem images, extracting audio CD data, and more. A "quick start"
guide for typical systems is currently found in
/usr/share/doc/cdrkit-1.1.9/READMEs/README.ATAPI.setup (this file has
been mostly re-written specifically as part of the Owl package).
As usual, feedback is welcome (on the owl-users mailing list, please).
Alexander
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