HP-UX 11i December 2004 Release Notes

What’s New at a Glance
What’s New in the Original 11i v1 Release?
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• STREAMS/UX enhanced. (See “STREAMS/UX” on page 272.)
• Low Bandwidth X Extension (LBX) improves performance on wide-area networks
and on slower speed connections. (See “Low Bandwidth X Extension (LBX)” on
page 273.)
Chapter 13: Security (see page 277)
• Generic Security Services Application Programming Interface (GSS API) introduced
to provide security independent of underlying security mechanisms and
communication protocols. (See “Generic Security Services for Developing Secure
Applications” on page 282.)
• Program stacks can now be execute-protected to guard against buffer overflow
attacks. (See “Execute Protected Stacks” on page 284.)
• New, convenient way to customize security features enabled. (See “Configurable
Security Features” on page 287.)
• Password history enabled to discourage users from re-using previous passwords.
(See “Password History Feature on Trusted Systems” on page 288.)
• Kerberos Client Software now provided to enable integrating HP-UX into a secure
enterprise environment. (See “Kerberos Client Software” on page 289.)
Chapter 15: Programming (see page 309)
• HP-UX Software Transition Kit (STK) aids in transitioning software to 32-bit or
64-bit versions of HP-UX 11i v1. (See “HP-UX Software Transition Kit (STK)” on
page 311.)
• New ANSI-compliant Standard C++ library included. (See “aC++ Runtime
(libCsup*, libstd*, libstream*, librwtool*)” on page 313.)
• System library libc enhanced, including performance improvements to ftw(),
nftw(), and malloc(). (See “Changes to libc” on page 314 and “Overall libc
Performance Tuning” on page 315.)
• The libcres.a library, a small archive library, added to provide customers running
performance-critical applications with the benefit of a static link. (See “The libcres.a
Library” on page 320.)
• Linker and Object File Tools enhanced. (See “Linker and Object File Tools (ld, crt0.o,
dld.sl, libdld.sl, chatr, and odump)” on page 324.)
•The linker/dld interface enhanced. (See “Changes to the linker/dld Interface” on
page 325.)
• HP Distributed Computing Environment (HP DCE/9000) version 1.8 provides
framework to develop, administer, and use distributed applications. (See “HP
DCE/9000” on page 326.)
• Extensions to pstat() system call enables system management and measurement
tools to eliminate dependency on the /dev/kmem pseudo-driver. (See “Extensions to
pstat()” on page 328.)
• New parameters for confstr() defined. (See “Machine Identifier Changes to
confstr” on page 331.)