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FreeBSD XP^H^H 4.5 available now

Posted by Nik on from the this-time,-with-feeling dept.

The_Rift was one of many who wrote in with this news: "The official mail has gone out to the FreeBSD-announce mailing list announcing the availability of Freebsd 4.5. Check your local mirrors for the ISOs.". The release notes have all the details, but take it from me -- this one is worth it just for the TCP/IP performance improvements by Matt Dillon and others. Kudos to Murray, Bruce, and the rest of the release engineering team.

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  1. syncookies? only now? by chrysalis · · Score: 2, Troll

    I'm surprised to see that a new feature of that release is... syncookies. Doesn't Linux (and probably a lot of other OS) have that for years? Syn floods is a very old attack, and I can't understand why FreeBSD only implements syncookies now.

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  2. Re:Where is the "BSD is dying" clown? by Metrol · · Score: 1, Troll

    Hey now, you forgot all about the "Slashdot isn't Freshmeat" bitcher.

    Not to fear I suppose, the clown and the bitcher will be around eventually. Death, taxes, and trolls.

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