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diff --git a/libexec/bootpd/announce.2.1 b/libexec/bootpd/announce.2.1 new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..28ddca6a63ee --- /dev/null +++ b/libexec/bootpd/announce.2.1 @@ -0,0 +1,37 @@ +Subject: Updated RFC1048 BOOTP server now available + +Well, no surprise, bootpd 2.0 had a few bugs. A new improved version, +bootpd 2.1, is now available for anonymous FTP from lancaster.andrew.cmu.edu +(128.2.13.21). The new server can be found in pub/bootp.2.1.tar. + +Bug fixes and improvements in version 2.1 include: + +o The definition of "access to the bootfile" has been changed to require the + public read access bit to be set. This is required by tftpd(8), so the + server will not reply with a file which a client cannot obtain via TFTP. +o The RFC1084 bootfile size tag has been implemented. It allows either + automatic or manual specification of the bootfile size in 512-octet blocks. +o Generic tags now work as advertised. +o A subtle bug which caused strange parsing behavior under certain conditions + has been fixed. +o The RFC1048 vendor information now has the correct byte order on + little-endien machines such as the VAX. +o Failure to specify the bootfile home directory and/or default bootfile in + the configuration file no longer causes server crashes. The server now + makes a reasonably intelligent choice if this configuration information is + missing. This is documented in the man page. +o BOOTP requests from clients which already know their IP addresses no longer + cause server crashes. + + + +Please direct questions, comments, and bug reports to +Walt Wimer <ww0n@andrew.cmu.edu> or Drew Perkins <ddp@andrew.cmu.edu>. + + + +Good luck, + +Walt Wimer +Network Development +Carnegie Mellon University |