HP-UX 11i June 2003 Release Notes

What’s New at a Glance

What’s New in the Original 11i Release?

Chapter 2

• Network Transport (including ifconfig, ndd, nestat, virtual IP (VIP) address,

setsockopt, T_OPTMGMT) enhanced. (See “Network Transport” on page 245.)

• New version of FTPD enhanced with new features. (See “New Versions of FTPD” on

page 249.)

• STREAMS/UX enhanced. (See “STREAMS/UX” on page 252.)

• Low Bandwidth X Extension (LBX) improves performance on wide-area networks

and on slower speed connections. (See “Low Bandwidth X Extension (LBX)” on

page 253.)

Chapter 13: Security (see page 257)

• 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 258.)

• Program stacks can now be execute-protected to guard against buffer overflow

attacks. (See “Execute Protected Stacks” on page 260.)

• New, convenient way to customize security features enabled. (See “Configurable

Security Features” on page 263.)

• Password history enabled to discourage users from re-using previous passwords.

(See “Password History Feature on Trusted Systems” on page 264.)

• Kerberos Client Software now provided to enable integrating HP-UX into a secure

enterprise environment. (See “Kerberos Client Software” on page 265.)

Chapter 15: Programming (see page 285)

• HP-UX Software Transition Kit (STK) aids in transitioning software to 32-bit or

64-bit versions of HP-UX 11i. (See “HP-UX Software Transition Kit (STK)” on

page 286.)

• New ANSI-compliant Standard C++ library included. (See “aC++ Runtime

(libCsup*, libstd*, libstream*, librwtool*)” on page 287.)

• System library libc enhanced, including performance improvements to ftw(),

nftw(), and malloc(). (See “Changes to libc” on page 288 and “Overall libc

Performance Tuning” on page 289.)

• 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 294.)

• Linker and Object File Tools enhanced. (See “Linker and Object File Tools (ld, crt0.o,

dld.sl, libdld.sl, chatr, and odump)” on page 296.)

• The linker/dld interface enhanced. (See “Changes to the linker/dld Interface” on

page 297.)

• 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 298.)

• 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 300.)