HP-UX 11i Version 2 September 2006 Release Notes

What is New at a Glance
What is New in the May 2005 Release?
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• HP-UX Host Intrusion Detection System: Upgraded to release 3.1 with better
performance and CPU utilization, as well as many enhancements and defect fixes.
HP-UX HIDS v2.x deprecated and planned for future obsolescence. You are strongly
encouraged to upgrade to the latest version of HIDS.
• HP-UX IPFilter: Updated to version A.03.05.11.01 with defect fixes and performance
enhancements.
• HP-UX Secure Shell: Updated to A.03.91.009 with new features, including sshd
re-exec for each new connection, permission and ownership checks for program
configuration files, sftp (1) interface improvements, and several other features.
• New Product: HP-UX Security Attributes Configuration (bundle SecConfig): Used
to configure systemwide and per-user values of security attributes of local users and
NIS users. Now delivered with HP-UX 11i v2.
• New Bundle: HP-UX Standard Mode Security Extensions: Enables new security
features to be used in standard mode. Now available on Software Pack.
• OpenSSL: Updated to version A.00.09.07e with automatic generation of a self-signed
host certificate and a private key.
May 2005 Release Notes, Chapter 9: “Commands and System Calls”
•The hostname Command: With installation of the Node and Host Name Expansion
product (available on Software Pack), hostname now able to set and display the
name of the current host system at up to 255 bytes in length.
•The setuname Command: With installation of the Node and Host Name Expansion
product (available on Software Pack), setuname now able to modify the value for the
system and/or node name to up to 255 bytes.
•The uname Command: With installation of the Node and Host Name Expansion
product (available on Software Pack), uname now able to set and display the current
system and/or node name to up to 255 bytes.
May 2005 Release Notes, Chapter 10: “Libraries and Programming”
• HP MLIB: Updated to version 9.0 with new features, including support for arbitrary
length FFTs, FFT performance enhancements, and support for VMATH, CXML, and
BCS.
• HP MPI: Updated to version 2.1.1 with support for InfiniBand on Intel Itanium,
HyperFabric2, and TCP/IP on clusters. Includes improved gather performance for
TCP/IP, and other improvements.
• Java 2 Standard Edition Platform:
— HP-UX Software Development Kit and Runtime Environment for the Java 2
Standard Edition Platform: Updated with later versions of 1.3 and 1.4 to provide
the most current Java technology. Version 1.3 deprecated and planned for future
obsolescence.
— Java for HP-UX Add-on Standard C++ Runtime Libraries: Updated to coincide
with the updating of SDK and RTE.
— Runtime Plug-in (JPI) for Mozilla for the Java 2 Platform versions 1.3 and 1.4:
Updated to be compatible with SDK 1.3 and 1.4. Netscape no longer supported.
Version 1.3 deprecated and planned for future obsolescence.