From owner-svn-doc-head@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 9 13:22:59 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8232472C; Tue, 9 Jul 2013 13:22:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pgj@FreeBSD.org) Received: from svn.freebsd.org (svn.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:2068::e6a:0]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 73F121F9D; Tue, 9 Jul 2013 13:22:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: from svn.freebsd.org ([127.0.1.70]) by svn.freebsd.org (8.14.7/8.14.7) with ESMTP id r69DMxqB002401; Tue, 9 Jul 2013 13:22:59 GMT (envelope-from pgj@svn.freebsd.org) Received: (from pgj@localhost) by svn.freebsd.org (8.14.7/8.14.5/Submit) id r69DMxZV002400; Tue, 9 Jul 2013 13:22:59 GMT (envelope-from pgj@svn.freebsd.org) Message-Id: <201307091322.r69DMxZV002400@svn.freebsd.org> From: Gabor Pali Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2013 13:22:59 +0000 (UTC) To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r42218 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status X-SVN-Group: doc-head MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-BeenThere: svn-doc-head@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: SVN commit messages for the doc tree for head List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 09 Jul 2013 13:22:59 -0000 Author: pgj Date: Tue Jul 9 13:22:59 2013 New Revision: 42218 URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/42218 Log: - Many minor fixes from Warren -- thanks! Submitted by: wblock Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2013-04-2013-06.xml Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2013-04-2013-06.xml ============================================================================== --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2013-04-2013-06.xml Tue Jul 9 09:10:23 2013 (r42217) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2013-04-2013-06.xml Tue Jul 9 13:22:59 2013 (r42218) @@ -1238,7 +1238,7 @@ Look into replacements for HAL. HAL is used for hot-plugging of devices, but it has been long abandoned by - Linux. A replacement, perhaps build on top of devd(8), + Linux. A replacement, perhaps built on top of devd(8), would be nice to have. This work should be coordinated with the &os; GNOME and KDE teams. @@ -1272,26 +1272,26 @@ -

We are proud to announce &os; Haskell Team has updated the - Haskell Platform to 2013.2.0.0, GHC to 7.6.3, as well as updated - existing ports to their latest stable versions. In this update, - we provided experimental support for LLVM-based code generation - (disabled by default) to Haskell ports. We also added number of - new ports, which brings their count in &os; Ports Collection to - 402, and now Haskell ports play nicer with - portmaster(8)-based upgrades.

We are proud to announce that the &os; Haskell Team has updated + the Haskell Platform to 2013.2.0.0, GHC to 7.6.3, as well as + updated existing ports to their latest stable versions. In this + update, we provided experimental support for LLVM-based code + generation (disabled by default) to Haskell ports. We also + added a number of new ports, which brings their count in the + &os; Ports Collection to 402, and now Haskell ports play nicer + with portmaster(8)-based upgrades.

In cooperation with Konstantin Belousov and Dimitry Andric, we - have managed to unbreak build of GHC on 32-bit 10.x systems, so - we have packages for 10.x again. However, it turned out that + have managed to unbreak the build of GHC on 32-bit 10.x systems, + so we have packages for 10.x again. However, it turned out that this bug (in thread signal delivery) can also affect the building process for other platforms as well, which explains some of the strange build breakages our users experienced in the past.

We have also learned that there is an We have also learned that there is ongoing work - in GHC upstream which will allow us to provide support for + in the GHC upstream which will allow us to provide support for building with Clang natively once GHC 7.8 becomes part of the Haskell Platform.

@@ -1350,8 +1350,8 @@ -

There have been new utilities introduced in &os; base system: - bsdconfig(8) and sysrc(8). The +

New utilities have been introduced in &os; base system: + bsdconfig(8) and sysrc(8). bsdconfig(8) is a replacement for the post-install abilities of deprecated sysinstall(8), while sysrc(8) is a robust utility for managing @@ -1568,7 +1568,7 @@ functionality through pkg(8). @@ -1577,7 +1577,7 @@ functionality through pkg(8). system.udp — a Casper module enabling - connect, listen, sending and receive UDP packages. + connect, listen, send, and receive of UDP packets. Implementing sandboxing for fetch(1). @@ -1622,13 +1622,13 @@ functionality through pkg(8).

The common parameters used on TCP sessions have changed quite a - bit since SYN cookies very invented some 17 years ago. Today we - have a lot more bandwidth which makes the use window scaling + bit since SYN cookies were invented some 17 years ago. Today we + have a lot more bandwidth which makes use of window scaling almost mandatory. Also SACK has become standard as it makes recovering from packet loss much more efficient.

The original SYN cookies method only stored an indexed MSS - values in the cookie. This obviously is not sufficient anymore + value in the cookie. This obviously is not sufficient any more and breaks in the presence of WSCALE. WSCALE information is only exchanged during SYN and SYN-ACK. If we cannot keep track of it then we severely underestimate the available send or @@ -1636,28 +1636,28 @@ functionality through pkg(8). -

A number of years back SYN cookies have been extended to store - the additional state in the TCP timestamp fields, if available - on a connection. It has been adopted by Linux as well. While +

A number of years back, SYN cookies were extended to store the + additional state in the TCP timestamp fields, if available on a + connection. It has been adopted by Linux as well. While timestamps are common among the BSD, Linux and other Unix systems, Windows never enabled them by default, thus they are not present for the vast majority of clients seen on the Internet.

The new improvement in this patch moves all necessary - information into the ISN again removing the need for timestamps. - Both the MSS and send WSCALE are stored in 3 bit indexed form - together with a single bit for SACK. While we cannot represent - all possible MSS and WSCALE values, both are 16 bit fields in - the TCP header, in only 3 bits each this, it turns out, is not - actually necessary.

+ information into the ISN again, removing the need for + timestamps. Both the MSS and send WSCALE are stored in 3 bit + indexed form together with a single bit for SACK. While we + cannot represent all possible MSS and WSCALE values in only 3 + bits each (both are 16-bit fields in the TCP header), it turns + out that is not actually necessary.

These improvements allow one to run with SYN cookies only on Internet-facing servers. However while SYN cookies are calculated and sent all the time, they are only used when the - syn cache overflows due to attacks or overload. In that cause + syn cache overflows due to attacks or overload. In that case though, you can rest assured that no significant degradation in - TCP connection setup happens anymore and that even Windows + TCP connection setup happens any more and that even Windows clients can make use of window scaling and SACK.