From: Milan WWW Pikula [www@terminus.sk]
Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2002 8:11 AM
To: medusa@medusa.fornax.sk
Subject: Announce: Medusa 0.9.2 released, support for Medusa, *BSD port

Hi all,

	We announce the new release, 0.9.2. The ChangeLog is attached
as usually.

The future is bright - we're getting closer to the new kernel design, which
will allow porting to other Unices. Initially, Linux 2.4 (maybe 2.5) and
NetBSD 1.5.2 will be supported. Sorry to all for not updating the CVS,
I write most of the code off-line.

The good news include the commercial support for Medusa DS9 in Slovakia and
nearby countries by a newly founded company Terminus s.r.o
( http://www.terminus.sk/ - in Slovak language only).

Don't worry, the Medusa DS9 project will, of course, remain open-source and
GPL. The support covers installation, configuration based on customers needs,
and other security and unix-related services.

The most important changes are:

	* DISCONTINUED support of 2.2.x kernels. The patch for 2.2 is still
	  in the package, but is unmaintained and contains no changes since
	  the 0.9.0 release. The changes are relatively simple, so if you
	  want to make the 2.2.x patch, or even maintain it, you're welcome.

	* The patch was SPLITTED into 2 separate patches. This means that
	  you must patch your kernel with both patches, not only with one
	  of them. The first patch contains generic kernel fixes, which
	  should go into the mainstream kernel one day, the second patch is
	  Medusa itself.

	* Support for file capabilities now works. Due to SUID bit emulation
	  the original code didn't work as expected. Now it is (hopefully) ok.

	* Fix to walk through mountpoints correctly in 2.4 kernels. This is
	  an important fix for all who used the Medusa on 2.4 and were
	  surprised by its strange behaviour ;))).

Other changes include:

	* When kernel (e.g. not some user application) sends a signal, the
	  operation is allowed explicitly. this fixes ^C problems, and maybe
	  races in some cases.

	* Disallowed sending SIGSTOP and SIGTSTP to constable, suggested by
	  Libor Kratochvil. This simplifies the shutdown process. Reports on
	  functionality are welcome.

	* Minor code cleanup.

Best wishes,
		Milan Pikula

-- 
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