HP-UX 11i Version 2 June 2007 Release Notes

Security
HP-UX Software Assistant
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• Optional logging of transactions to sftp-server
• Enabled ssh clients to record port numbers for hosts stored in the known_hosts file
• Added ExitOnForwardFailure option so that ssh exits with a non-zero value if port
forwarding requests fail.
•Extended sshd_config (5) subsystem declarations to accept command-line arguments
• Replaced all integer overflow susceptible invocations of malloc() and realloc()
with xcalloc() and xasprintf() failure-checked allocation functions.
For more information on these new features and defect fixes, see the HP-UX Secure Shell
A.04.40.005, A.04.40.010, and A.04.40.011 Release Notes available at
http://docs.hp.com/en/internet.html#Secure%20Shell
Impact
There are no impacts other than those previously listed.
Compatibility
There are no known compatibility issues.
Performance
There are no known performance issues.
Documentation
The following documentation is available at
http://docs.hp.com/en/internet.html#Secure%20Shell:
• HP-UX Secure Shell A.04.40.010, A.04.40.011, and A.04.40.005 Release Notes
• HP-UX Secure Shell Getting Started Guide
Obsolescence
HP-UX Secure Shell is no longer available on HP-UX 11.0. Support for the last HP-UX
Secure Shell version (A.04.30) on HP-UX 11.0 will continue under the extended support
contract.
HP-UX Software Assistant
HP-UX Software Assistant (SWA) C.01.01 is a command-line based tool that consolidates
and simplifies patch management and security bulletin management on HP-UX
systems.